[Edu-sig] More Pythonic Precalculus (Python 2.0)
Dustin Mitchell
dustin@cs.uchicago.edu
Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:15:33 -0500 (CDT)
Kirby --
How about
>>> f = lambda x : 2 * x * x - 10 * x + 2
>>> graph(f)
where:
def graph(fn):
for x in range(-10, 10):
print x, fn(x)
or the like.
*much* cleaner; this is *precisely* what lambda is meant for.
Dustin
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