1.7 - Functional Programming Concepts
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Practice Questions
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What is a first-class function?
💡 Hint: Think about how functions can be used like any other data type.
Define a pure function.
💡 Hint: Consider functions that do not affect global variables.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is a first-class function?
💡 Hint: Remember how functions can be used in different contexts.
True or False: Pure functions can cause side effects.
💡 Hint: Consider what effects a function can have outside of its return value.
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Challenge Problems
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Implement a function that returns the first n prime numbers using functional programming principles.
💡 Hint: Look into higher-order functions like filter and some form of map to generate a list of numbers.
Explain how you could use recursion to flatten a nested array structure.
💡 Hint: Consider base cases where an element is not an array.
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