Lambda functions

Introduction to Functions in Python

Hugo Bowne-Anderson

Instructor

Lambda functions

raise_to_power = lambda x, y: x ** y

raise_to_power(2, 3)

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Introduction to Functions in Python

Anonymous functions

  • Function map takes two arguments: map(func, seq)

  • map() applies the function to ALL elements in the sequence

nums = [48, 6, 9, 21, 1]

square_all = map(lambda num: num ** 2, nums)

print(square_all)

<map object at 0x103e065c0>

print(list(square_all))

[2304, 36, 81, 441, 1]
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