Feb. 17, 2024, 5:04 p.m. | Sachin

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What would you do if you wanted to apply a function to each item in an iterable? Your first step would be to use that function by iterating over each item with the for loop.


Python has a function called map() that can help you reduce performing iteration stuff and avoid writing extra code.





Python's map() Function


The map() function in Python is a built-in function that allows you to apply a specific function to each item in an iterable …

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