Functions
Explore how to convert JavaScript React functions into Python using Transcrypt. Understand when to use Python lambdas for simple anonymous functions, how to replace complex functions with named ones, and apply list comprehensions instead of map functions to create readable and efficient front-end code in Python.
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Anonymous functions
Using anonymous inline functions in JavaScript React applications is a very common practice. In Python, the Python Enhancement Proposal (PEP) 8 style guide suggests using anonymous functions or lambdas sparingly, and there are more limitations to Python lambdas compared to JavaScript’s anonymous functions. The main restriction is that Python lambdas can only be a single-line statement. Contrarily, JavaScript anonymous functions can be many lines of code. In this case, the only option is to break out the function and create a named Python function to replace it. If the anonymous function is one line, then substituting it with a Python lambda is ...