Is there a function that applies list of functions to a value?

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On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:10:49 PM UTC+2, Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
> AdamKal writes:
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> > Hi, 
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> > From time to time I have to apply a series of functions to a value
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> > in such a way:
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> > func4(func3(func2(func1(myval))))
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> > I was wondering if there is a function in standard library that
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> > would take a list of functions and a initial value and do the above
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> > like this:
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> > func_im_looking_for([func1, func2, func3, func4], myval)
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> > I looked in itertools but nothing seamed to do the job. This seams
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> > like something vary obvious that was needed many times elsewhere so
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> > maybe you could help me?
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> If you can have things backwards, or have func_im_looking_for reverse
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> things first, you can do it this way:
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> from functools import reduce
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> def funcall(arg, fun): return fun(arg)
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> def func1(arg): return 'f1({})'.format(arg)
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> def func2(arg): return 'f2({})'.format(arg)
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> def func3(arg): return 'f3({})'.format(arg)
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> # prints: f1(f2(f3(3.14)))
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> print(reduce(funcall, (func3, func2, func1), 3.14))

I had never thought about the "f({0})".format(arg) trick, that is excellent, thank you!!!