What is a Lambda in Python?

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A Lambda Function is also known as Anonymous Function in Python.  It has no name, but it can accept arguments and returns a value like a function. 

Lambda functions are useful for creating quick, one-time use functions.

Lambda functions are defined using the keyword "lambda", followed by the function parameters, separated by commas, followed by single line expression.

Lambda function returns a the value of the expression in its body.

A sample Lambda function to check if a number is even or not.

A sample lambda function to check if a number is even or not.

We can assign a lambda function to variable and invoke that using the variable.

Lambda functions can be used with the built-in higher order functions like filter() and map() to create functional programming constructs. We ca pass lambda function as a callback function in other higher order functions function.

We can filter only even numbers from List using filter() function and Lambda Function.

Lambda functions are Anonymous Functions and mostly used to create small one time use functions in Python. You can also use if-else within a Lambda Function in Python.

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