>>> a = iter('abcd')
>>> next(a)
'a'
>>> next(a)
'b'
>>> next(a)
'c'
>>> next(a)
'd'
>>> next(a)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#18>", line 1, in <module>
next(a)
StopIteration
>>> a = iter('abcd')
>>> next(a)
'a'
>>> next(a)
'b'
>>> next(a)
'c'
>>> next(a)
'd'
>>> next(a)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#18>", line 1, in <module>
next(a)
StopIteration