[Tutor] could somebody please explain...

[Alan Gauld]

On 01/10/14 03:16, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

>> For example map() which applies a function to a collection.
>>
>> total = map(operator.add, [1,2,3,4,5,6])
>>
>> is the same result as
>>
>> total = sum([1,2,3,4,5,6])
>
> No, you're thinking of reduce(), not map().

Oops, you're quite right.
Apologies.


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