On Friday, November 14, 2014 2:17:38 PM UTC-8, Richard Riehle wrote: > In C, C++, Ada, and functional languages, I can create an array of functions, > albeit with the nastiness of pointers in the C family. For example, an > array of functions where each function is an active button, or an array of > functions that behave like formulae in a spreadsheet. I am finding this a > bit challenging in Python. > > Example: > > r1c1 r1c2 r1c3 > r2c1 r2c2 r2c3 > r3c1 r3c2 r3c3 > > where r1 is row 1 and c1 is column 1. Suppose I want an array where the > colum three is a set of functions that operates on the other two columns, > depending on the values I set for those rows and columns? As noted, I can > do this pretty easily in most languages (well, except for Java which does not > support any kind of functional programming capability), even if I have to use > pointers. > > I think my difficulty is related to the REPL nature of Python. However, I am > sure some clever Pythonista has found a way to do this. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions, > > Richard Riehle, PhD, International Technological University, San Jose, CA
Could you share a code snippet in C/C++ that would do what you need? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list