How to store functions in a dictionary in Python

Thursday, May 21st, 2009
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This example uses a dictionary to store functions.

To call the function, use the dictionary key.

>>> f = {'plus_all':sum, 'find_max':max}
>>> f['find_max'](1,4,5,3,2,6)
6
>>> f['plus_all'](range(10))
45
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