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  1. import itertools as it
  2.  
  3. l = ['Bill', 'Patrick', 'Aaron', 'Ann',
  4.      'Jane', 'Rachel', 'Beatrix', 
  5.      'John', 'Basil', 'Alice', ]
  6. l = iter(l)
  7.  
  8. print(
  9.     list(
  10.         it.chain(
  11.             it.dropwhile(lambda _: True, iter(lambda: next(l), 'Ann')),
  12.             iter(lambda: next(l), 'John')
  13.         )
  14.     )
  15. )
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['Jane', 'Rachel', 'Beatrix']
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
created:
9 years ago
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