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# Create A Stream From An Array
There are functions in the [`Stream`
module](https://reasonml.github.io/api/Stream.html) for turning a variety of
data structures into streams -- lists, input channels, etc.
What if you have an array?
The `Stream.from` function lets you define a function for custom fitting
data structures into streams. Let's take a look:
```reason
let pokemons = [| "bulbasaur", "charmander", "squirtle" |];
let poke_stream: Stream.t(string) =
Stream.from(i =>
switch (pokemons[i]) {
| pokemon => Some(pokemon)
| exception (Invalid_argument("index out of bounds")) => None
}
);
```
The function takes the current index and needs to either return `Some('a)`
with the corresponding value or `None` if the stream is empty.
With that, we now have a stream on which we can invoke any of the stream
functions.
```reason
switch (Stream.next(poke_stream)) {
| pokemon => print_endline(Printf.sprintf("Next Pokemon: %s", pokemon))
| exception Stream.Failure => print_endline("No pokemon left")
};
```