I only just started learning Python and found out that I can pass a function as the parameter of another function. Now if I call foo(bar()) it will not pass as a function pointer but the return value of the used function. Calling foo(bar) will pass the function, but this way I am not able to pass any additional arguments. What if I want to pass a function pointer that calls bar(42)?
I want the ability to repeat a function regardless of what arguments I have passed to it.
def repeat(function, times):
for calls in range(times):
function()
def foo(s):
print s
repeat(foo("test"), 4)
In this case the function foo("test") is supposed to be called 4 times in a row.
Is there a way to accomplish this without having to pass "test" to repeat instead of foo?
解决方案
You can either use a lambda:
repeat(lambda: bar(42))
Or functools.partial:
from functools import partial
repeat(partial(bar, 42))
Or pass the arguments separately:
def repeat(times, f, *args):
for _ in range(times):
f(*args)
This final style is quite common in the standard library and major Python tools. *args denotes a variable number of arguments, so you can use this function as
repeat(4, foo, "test")
or
def inquisition(weapon1, weapon2, weapon3):
print("Our weapons are {}, {} and {}".format(weapon1, weapon2, weapon3))
repeat(10, inquisition, "surprise", "fear", "ruthless efficiency")
Note that I put the number of repetitions up front for convenience. It can't be the last argument if you want to use the *args construct.
(For completeness, you could add keyword arguments as well with **kwargs.)