George Sakkis wrote: > On Mar 26, 5:02 pm, Joshua Kugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am trying to use lamdba to generate some functions, and it is not >> working >> the way I'd expect. The code is below, followed by the results I'm >> getting. More comments below that. >> >> (...) >> >> So, is there some scoping issue with lambda >> that I'm not seeing? > > Yes; it's not related to lambda though but to closures (whether > defined as lambdas or regular functions). See for example > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/94d1bba8ad56baf4 > > There should be an entry for this at > http://www.python.org/doc/faq/programming/, that's really an FAQ.
George - Thanks for the quick and clear answer...that makes perfect sense. To bad...I'd like to just use a list comprehension. :) j -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list