[Tutor] Higher-Order Function Examples

[Rafael Durán Castañeda]

In the example I gave:

sorted_list = sorted(list_strings, key = str.lower)

sorted takes str.lower as a parameter, doesn't it? So, it should be a high
order function

El 14 de febrero de 2011 21:06, Walter Prins <wprins at gmail.com> escribió:

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> 2011/2/14 Rafael Durán Castañeda <rafadurancastaneda at gmail.com>
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> Could we consider sorted as an high order function?
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>> sorted_list = sorted(list_strings, key = str.lower)
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> No because sorted() returns a list as a result.   A higher order function
> produces another function as a result, or takes one or more functions as a
> parameter.
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> Walter
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