[Tutor] lambdas, generators, and the like

[Alan Gauld]

On 12/01/14 09:04, Keith Winston wrote:

> I'm partially asking in order to clarify the question in my mind, but
> any help will be appreciated. I don't really understand lambda
> functions yet, but I can sort of imagine they might work here
> somehow... or not.

lambdas are just a shortcut for single expression functions.
You never need them, they just tidy up the code a bit by
avoiding lots of use-once short functions.

I'm not sure they would help a lot in your example. And,
given you don't understand them yet, they would add
complexity.

hth
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