6 - Functional Programming
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Practice Questions
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What is a first-class function?
💡 Hint: Think about how functions can be assigned and passed around.
Write a lambda function to increment a number by 1.
💡 Hint: Remember the syntax of lambda functions.
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What does a higher-order function do?
💡 Hint: Think about the role of functions in functional programming.
True or False: A pure function can have side effects.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of a pure function.
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Challenge Problems
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Create a higher-order function that takes two functions and a list, applies both functions in order to each element, and returns the modified list.
💡 Hint: Think about how to nest function calls within a list comprehension.
Write a pure function that computes the nth Fibonacci number using recursion, and utilize lru_cache to optimize it.
💡 Hint: Recursion is key here – consider how Fibonacci numbers are defined!
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