Functional Python & the functools Toolkit

Higher-Order Functions

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Functions Are Objects — The Mental Model

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IN THIS LESSON

YOU’RE LEARNING TO

↗pass functions as arguments and return them from other functions

↗apply map(), filter(), and functools.reduce() correctly and know when to prefer comprehensions instead

↗explain why functions are first-class objects in Python