Applying_Functions_To_List_Items.ipynb

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     "source": [
      "# Applying Functions To List Items\n",
      "\n",
      "This snippit was written by [Chris R. Albon](http://www.chrisralbon.com/) and is part of his collection of [well-documented Python snippits](https://github.com/chrisalbon/code_py). All code is written in Python 3 in iPython notebook and offered under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)."
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     "source": [
      "### Create a list of regiment names"
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     "input": [
      "regimentNames = ['Night Riflemen', 'Jungle Scouts', 'The Dragoons', 'Midnight Revengence', 'Wily Warriors']"
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     "source": [
      "## Using A For Loop"
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     "source": [
      "### Create a for loop goes through the list and capitalizes each"
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      "# create a variable for the for loop results\n",
      "regimentNamesCapitalized_f = []\n",
      "\n",
      "# for every item in regimentNames\n",
      "for i in regimentNames:\n",
      "    # capitalize the item and add it to regimentNamesCapitalized_f\n",
      "    regimentNamesCapitalized_f.append(i.upper())\n",
      "    \n",
      "# View the outcome\n",
      "regimentNamesCapitalized_f"
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        "['NIGHT RIFLEMEN',\n",
        " 'JUNGLE SCOUTS',\n",
        " 'THE DRAGOONS',\n",
        " 'MIDNIGHT REVENGENCE',\n",
        " 'WILY WARRIORS']"
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     "source": [
      "## Using Map()"
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     "source": [
      "### Create a lambda function that capitalizes x"
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      "capitalizer = lambda x: x.upper()"
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      "### Map the capitalizer function to regimentNames, convert the map into a list, and view the variable"
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      "regimentNamesCapitalized_m = list(map(capitalizer, regimentNames)); regimentNamesCapitalized_m"
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        "['NIGHT RIFLEMEN',\n",
        " 'JUNGLE SCOUTS',\n",
        " 'THE DRAGOONS',\n",
        " 'MIDNIGHT REVENGENCE',\n",
        " 'WILY WARRIORS']"
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     "source": [
      "## Using List Comprehension"
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     "source": [
      "### Apply the expression x.upper to each item in the list called regiment names. Then view the output"
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      "regimentNamesCapitalized_l = [x.upper() for x in regimentNames]; regimentNamesCapitalized_l"
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        "['NIGHT RIFLEMEN',\n",
        " 'JUNGLE SCOUTS',\n",
        " 'THE DRAGOONS',\n",
        " 'MIDNIGHT REVENGENCE',\n",
        " 'WILY WARRIORS']"
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