python中reduce函数

Python中reduce函数，帮助文档：

>>> from functools import reduce
>>> help(reduce)
Help on built-in function reduce in module _functools:

reduce(...)
    reduce(function, sequence[, initial]) -> value

    Apply a function of two arguments cumulatively to the items of a sequence,
    from left to right, so as to reduce the sequence to a single value.
    For example, reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) calculates
    ((((1+2)+3)+4)+5).  If initial is present, it is placed before the items
    of the sequence in the calculation, and serves as a default when the
    sequence is empty.

可以看出，reduce把一个函数作用在一个序列[x1, x2, x3, …]上，这个函数必须接收两个参数，reduce把结果继续和序列的下一个元素做累积计算，举例说明：

def add (x, y):
    return x+y
l = [1,2,3,4,5]
total = reduce (add, l)
print(total)