4.8.6.lambda 表达式

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4.8.6. 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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4.8.6.lambda 表达式

可以建立带有关键字lambda的小型匿名函数。这个函数返回两个参数的和：lambda a, b: a + b。只要被请求，Lambda函数就可以使用。它们在语法上仅限于单个表达式。语义上讲，它们仅仅是普通函数的语法糖。像嵌套函数定义一样，lambda函数可以引用容器中的变量：

上面的应用是用lambda表达式返回一个函数。另一种应用是将小函数作为参数传递。