Beginners' Question -- Assigning variables in a lambda

[Paul Prescod]

> After I've done my getopt (or maybe instead, if I can get this to work) I
> want to avoid the if/elif/else from hell by having a dictionary of
> parameter names and functions, something like:

Lambda is just a short form syntax for function definition and
assignment. You can set up a dictionary of plain old functions:

def setBandwidth: 
	bandwidth = get_number(" + x + ")"

handler={"b":setBandwidth}

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