py-linq #

A Python module used for interacting with collections of objects using LINQ syntax

py-linq

py-linq is a little wrapper package that I wrote a few years ago for querying and transforming collections of Python objects. I found that the built-in Python querying and transforming tools were lacking. Specifically, the Python API made the code unreadable and difficult to understand. It made me long for the LINQ API’s available in .NET. So I decided to sit down and try to write it.

Getting started

To get started using py-linq, you will need to install it from PyPI.

pip install py-linq

To start querying and transforming your Python collection you will need to import Enumerable.

from py_linq import Enumerable

Enumerable

Enumerable is just the access point for the py-linq API. There are 2 ways to instantiate an Enumerable object.

my_collection = Enumerable()

my_collection = Enumerable(collection)

The collection class has to implement the __iter__ dunder. The default constructor Enumerable() is just Enumerable(collection) where collection is []. Enumerable itself is an iterable.

LINQ methods

The methods encapsulated by the Enumerable class can be either executing functions or non-executing. Executing functions will iterate over the collection when it is called. Non-executing functions will not iterate over the collections. These functions will be executed only when the collection does get iterated over.

Once you have created an Enumerable instance, the LINQ methods will become available to you. The methods implemented at this point are: