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authorCadel Watson <cadel@cadelwatson.com>2015-10-07 17:01:28 +1100
committerCadel Watson <cadel@cadelwatson.com>2015-10-07 17:01:28 +1100
commit777423dcc519b2f25bbcf5238c12ee3a0d4c67c9 (patch)
treeb4542f99825e61be33a895ecc6b1b09d7578b4ac /python.html.markdown
parent6ac7368b3b8e3ce1ee6c50c9f088553e7cbc6d1a (diff)
Add examples of higher-order functions taking multiple arguments
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@@ -473,9 +473,12 @@ add_10(3) # => 13
# There are also anonymous functions
(lambda x: x > 2)(3) # => True
+(lambda x, y: x ** 2 + y ** 2)(2, 1) # => 5
# There are built-in higher order functions
map(add_10, [1, 2, 3]) # => [11, 12, 13]
+map(max, [1, 2, 3], [4, 2, 1]) # => [4, 2, 3]
+
filter(lambda x: x > 5, [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]) # => [6, 7]
# We can use list comprehensions for nice maps and filters