Lambdas

In this lesson, we will learn about lambdas and why they are important.

There is a special class of functions for which we do not need to specify function names. These are called lambdas.

A lambda is an anonymous function that returns some form of data. Lambdas are defined using the lambda keyword. Since they return data, it is good practice to assign them to a variable.

Syntax #

lambda parameters: expression 

In the above syntax, parameters are optional.

Below, we can find a lambda that squares the value of the parameter and returns this new value:

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