Practice First-Class Functions and Higher-Order Functions - 6.1 | Chapter 6: Functional Programming Tools in Python | Python Advance
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What does it mean for functions to be first-class citizens in Python?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how you can store functions in variables.

Question 2

Easy

Give an example of a higher-order function.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider functions that accept other functions.

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Question 1

What are first-class functions in Python?

  • Only functions that can return other functions
  • Functions that can be assigned and passed as arguments
  • Functions that must be declared first

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember the definition of first-class citizens in programming.

Question 2

True or False: Higher-order functions can return other functions.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Reflect on how functions can interact with one another.

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Question 1

Create a series of higher-order functions that manipulate a list of integers to return doubled, incremented, or decremented values, depending on input.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how functions can return others based on specified parameters.

Question 2

Write a test function using first-class functions to validate another function’s behavior without altering its source.

πŸ’‘ Hint: This is about capturing how first-class functions can shift context during execution.

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