apply_operations_over_items_in_lists.ipynb

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     "source": [
      "# Apply Operations Over Items In A List"
     ]
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     "source": [
      "This snippit was written by [Chris R. Albon](http://www.chrisralbon.com/) and is part of his collection of [well-documented Python snippits](/~https://github.com/chrisalbon/code_py). All code is written in Python 3 in iPython notebook and offered under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).\n",
      "\n",
      "Based on: Learning Python"
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     "source": [
      "## Method 1: map()"
     ]
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     "source": [
      "### Create a list of casualties from battles"
     ]
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     "input": [
      "battleDeaths = [482, 93, 392, 920, 813, 199, 374, 237, 244]"
     ],
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     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 20
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     "source": [
      "### Create a function that updates all battle deaths by adding 100"
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     "input": [
      "def updated(x): return x + 100"
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     "prompt_number": 21
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     "source": [
      "### Create a list that applies updated() to all elements of battleDeaths"
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     "input": [
      "list(map(updated, battleDeaths))"
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        "[582, 193, 492, 1020, 913, 299, 474, 337, 344]"
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     "source": [
      "## Method 2: for x in y"
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     "source": [
      "### Create a list of deaths"
     ]
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     "input": [
      "casualties = [482, 93, 392, 920, 813, 199, 374, 237, 244]"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 24
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     "source": [
      "### Create a variable where we will put the updated casualty numbers"
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     "input": [
      "casualtiesUpdated = []"
     ],
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     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 25
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     "source": [
      "### Create a function that for each item in casualties, adds 10"
     ]
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     "cell_type": "code",
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     "input": [
      "for x in casualties:\n",
      "    casualtiesUpdated.append(x + 100)"
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     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 26
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     "source": [
      "### View casualties variables"
     ]
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     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "casualtiesUpdated"
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       "prompt_number": 27,
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        "[582, 193, 492, 1020, 913, 299, 474, 337, 344]"
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     "source": [
      "### Method 3: lambda functions"
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     "source": [
      "### Map the lambda function x() over casualties"
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     "input": [
      "list(map((lambda x: x + 100), casualties))"
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