Functools Module

Published May 4, 2022Updated Oct 14, 2022

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The functools module contains functions that support a functional programming approach in Python.

The following functions are provided by this module.

Functools Module

reduce(): Returns an aggregated value that results from the application of a passed function to each item in an iterable.

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