lambda question

[Bertrand Geston]

lambda questionBoth work on my computer:

PythonWin 2.2 (#28, Dec 21 2001, 12:21:22) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32.
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>>> def exe1(f,list):
...  return map(lambda x:eval(f),list)
...
>>> f='x**3+2*x'
>>> list=[0,1,2,0]
>>> map(lambda x:eval(f),list)
[0, 3, 12, 0]
>>> exe1(f,list)
[0, 3, 12, 0]
>>>

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"Alves, Carlos Alberto - Coelce" <calves at coelce.com.br> wrote in message
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Hi all,
Look at the two codes below
first code:
        f='x**3+2*x'
        list=[0,1,2,0]
        map(lambda x:eval(f),list)
second code:
        def exe1(f,list):
                return map(lambda x:eval(f),list)
Can someone explain to me why the first code works while second doesn't.
Carlos Alberto
COELCE/DPRON-Departamento de Projetos e Obras Norte
Fone: 677- 2228
e-mail: calves at coelce.com.br
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