Functools: functool.partial

Let's dig into the functool class i.e., partial.

About partial class

One of the functools classes is the partial class. We can use it to create a new function with partial application of the arguments and keywords that we pass to it. We can use partial to “freeze” a portion of our function’s arguments and/or keywords which results in a new object. Another way to put it is that partial creates a new function with some defaults.

Simple example of partial()

Let’s look at an example!

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