In [3]:
def square(num):
    result = num**2
    return result

In [4]:
square(2)


Out[4]:
4

In [5]:
def square(num):
    return num**2

In [6]:
square(2)


Out[6]:
4

In [7]:
def square(num): return num**2

In [8]:
square(3)


Out[8]:
9

In [11]:
l_square = lambda num: num**2

In [12]:
l_square(2)


Out[12]:
4

In [13]:
# check if a number is even

In [15]:
even = lambda num: num%2 == 0

In [16]:
even(421)


Out[16]:
False

In [17]:
def even(num):
    return num%2 == 0

In [18]:
even(2981)


Out[18]:
False

In [19]:
# grabs the first character of a string

In [20]:
first = lambda s: s[0]

In [21]:
first('hello')


Out[21]:
'h'

In [22]:
rev = lambda s: s[::-1]

In [23]:
rev('hello')


Out[23]:
'olleh'

In [24]:
def adder(x,y):
    return x+y

In [25]:
adder(10,12)


Out[25]:
22

In [27]:
adder = lambda x,y: x+y

In [28]:
adder(30,30)


Out[28]:
60

In [29]:
len_check = lambda item: len(item)

In [30]:
len_check('how many chars does this string have?')


Out[30]:
37

In [31]:
len('how many chars does this string have?')


Out[31]:
37

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