functions which take functions

[Antti "Andy" Ylikoski]

12.4.2012 18:48, Kiuhnm kirjoitti:
> On 4/11/2012 16:01, Antti J Ylikoski wrote:
>> On 9.4.2012 21:57, Kiuhnm wrote:
>>> Do you have some real or realistic (but easy and self-contained)
>>> examples when you had to define a (multi-statement) function and pass it
>>> to another function?
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Kiuhnm
>>
>> A function to numerically integrate another function comes as follows:
> [...]
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kiuhnm

Ref: numerical integration, one of the most famous methods probably is 
the Romberg method:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romberg%27s_method

the program in the Wikipedia article above is in C, but translating it 
into Python would be very, very easy.

yours, Antti J Ylikoski
Helsinki, Finland, the EU
http://www.tkk.fi/~ajy/
http://www.tkk.fi/~ajy/diss.pdf
antti.ylikoski at gmail.com