Find first in sequence (simple question)

[Neal D. Becker]

Neal D. Becker wrote:

> What is an efficient way to find the first element in a sequence meeting
> some condition?
> 
> For example, the first number > x in a list of numbers.
> 
> 

I guess if the sequence is sorted, you could use bisect, but only for the
specific case of comparing the values.

I really was looking for a more general "find_first" function, that would
find the first occurance in a sequence meeting some predicate, with
short-circuit evaluation (not evaluating the function for every element
first).