[Tutor] [Python-Help] What is lambdas in Python??

[R. Alan Monroe]

> I really don't get it. What is lambda? I keep seeing       it and I
> couldn't understand anything online about it.

It took me a while to get it too. It's for those rare times when you
want a throwaway function. Like you want to do something kind of
functioney without going to the trouble of writing a whole def
statement for it. Personally, I usually use it when I need to do custom
sorts.

Alan