Lambda functions
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Instructor
Lambda functions
raise_to_power = lambda x, y: x ** y
raise_to_power(2, 3)
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Anonymous functions
Function map takes two arguments: map(func, seq)
map() applies the function to ALL elements in the sequence
nums = [48, 6, 9, 21, 1]
square_all = map(lambda num: num ** 2, nums)
print(square_all)
<map object at 0x103e065c0>
print(list(square_all))
[2304, 36, 81, 441, 1]
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Introduction to error
handling
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The oat() function
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Passing an incorrect argument
float(2)
2.0
float('2.3')
2.3
float('hello')
<hr />---------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-3-d0ce8bccc8b2> in <module>()
<hr />-> 1 float('hi')
ValueError: could not convert string to float: 'hello'
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Passing valid arguments
def sqrt(x):
"""Returns the square root of a number."""
return x ** (0.5)
sqrt(4)
2.0
sqrt(10)
3.1622776601683795
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Passing invalid arguments
sqrt('hello')
------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-4-cfb99c64761f> in <module>()
----> 1 sqrt('hello')
<ipython-input-1-939b1a60b413> in sqrt(x)
1 def sqrt(x):
----> 2 return x**(0.5)
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for ** or pow(): 'str' and 'float'
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Errors and exceptions
Exceptions - caught during execution
Catch exceptions with try-except clause
Runs the code following try
If there’s an exception, run the code following except
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Errors and exceptions
def sqrt(x):
"""Returns the square root of a number."""
try:
return x ** 0.5
except:
print('x must be an int or float')
sqrt(4)
2.0
sqrt(10.0)
3.1622776601683795
sqrt('hi')
x must be an int or float
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Errors and exceptions
def sqrt(x):
"""Returns the square root of a number."""
try:
return x ** 0.5
except TypeError:
print('x must be an int or float')
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Errors and exceptions
sqrt(-9)
(1.8369701987210297e-16+3j)
def sqrt(x):
"""Returns the square root of a number."""
if x < 0:
raise ValueError('x must be non-negative')
try:
return x ** 0.5
except TypeError:
print('x must be an int or float')
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Errors and exceptions
sqrt(-2)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-2-4cf32322fa95> in <module>()
----> 1 sqrt(-2)
<ipython-input-1-a7b8126942e3> in sqrt(x)
1 def sqrt(x):
2 if x < 0:
----> 3 raise ValueError('x must be non-negative')
4 try:
5 return x**(0.5)
ValueError: x must be non-negative
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Bringing it all
together
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Instructor
Errors and exceptions
def sqrt(x):
try:
return x ** 0.5
except:
print('x must be an int or float')
sqrt(4)
2.0
sqrt('hi')
x must be an int or float
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Errors and exceptions
def sqrt(x):
if x < 0:
raise ValueError('x must be non-negative')
try:
return x ** 0.5
except TypeError:
print('x must be an int or float')
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Congratulations!
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Instructor
What you’ve learned:
Write functions that accept single and multiple arguments
Write functions that return one or many values
Use default, exible, and keyword arguments
Global and local scope in functions
Write lambda functions
Handle errors
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There’s more to learn!
Create lists with list comprehensions
Iterators - you’ve seen them before!
Case studies to apply these techniques to Data Science
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