User Functions

Topics:

• Scope

• User Functions

• Lambda Functions

• List Comprehension

• Closures, iterators and Generators

By the end of this lesson you should know:

• How to define and utilize user functions
• The difference between local, enclosing-function locals, global/module and built-in scopes
• How to pass arguments (both in functions and command line)
• How to return values from a function
• How to pass by reference
• How to utilize Lambda Functions
• The advanced comprehension of lists, sets and dicts
• What closures are and how to use them
• What an iterator is
• How to use generators