how to use python map() function.md

Python map() function

map() function returns a list of the results after applying the given function to each item of a given iterable (list, tuple etc.)

Syntax

map(fun, iter)

Parameters :

fun : It is a function to which map passes each element of given iterable.
iter : It is a iterable which is to be mapped.

Example

Calculate the length of each word in the tuple:

def myfunc(n):
  return len(n)

x = map(myfunc, ('apple', 'banana', 'cherry'))

print(list(x))

Output

[5, 6, 6]