Mensanator wrote:
On Sep 10, 5:36 pm, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sum(s) replaces reduce(lambda x,y: x+y, s, 0), which was thought to be
the most common use of reduce. Sum(s,start) replaces the much less
common reduce(lambda x,y: x+y, s, start).
Reduce(S, s), where S = sum function, raises an exception on empty s.
So use that and you are no worse off than before.
What am I doing wrong?
>>>> S = sum
[snip]
Taking me too literally out of context. I meant the sum_of_2 function
already given in the example above, as you eventually tried.
def S(x,y): return x+y
Sorry for the confusion.
...
reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,s)
6
s=[]
reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,s)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#17>", line 1, in <module>
reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,s)
TypeError: reduce() of empty sequence with no initial value
These two are exactly what I meant.
This is supposed to happen. But doesn't reduce(S,s) work
when s isn't empty?
It did. You got 6 above. The built-in 'sum' takes an iterable, not a
pair of numbers.
tjr
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