python入门笔记(1):lambda

Python官网给的tutorial中的lambda的说明

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一开始不理解为什么在f = make_incrementor(42) 之后，还可以给f传递参数即类似于f(0)或者f(1)？

后来想明白了，此处的make_incrementor函数的返回值是一个带参数的lambda函数，即lambda x: x+ n

所以f其实指代的是一个lambda函数，所以就可以对其传递参数了。

如果另

f = make_incrementor呢？

那么

f(1)的返回值是一个lambda函数，即lambda x: x + 1

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Lambda Expressions

Small anonymous functions can be created with the lambda keyword. This function returns the sum of its two arguments: lambda a, b: a+b. Lambda functions can be used wherever function objects are required. They are syntactically restricted to a single expression. Semantically, they are just syntactic sugar for a normal function definition. Like nested function definitions, lambda functions can reference variables from the containing scope:

>>>

>>> def make_incrementor(n):
...     return lambda x: x + n
...
>>> f = make_incrementor(42)
>>> f(0)
42
>>> f(1)
43

The above example uses a lambda expression to return a function. Another use is to pass a small function as an argument:

>>>

>>> pairs = [(1, 'one'), (2, 'two'), (3, 'three'), (4, 'four')]
>>> pairs.sort(key=lambda pair: pair[1])
>>> pairs
[(4, 'four'), (1, 'one'), (3, 'three'), (2, 'two')]

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