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Python Functional Python The Lambda Lambada Reduce

Posted by Ignatius Matongo
Ignatius Matongo
9,418 Points

this one is cracking me aah

help

prices.py 
prices = [
    (6.99, 5),
    (2.94, 15),
    (156.99, 2),
    (99.99, 4),
    (1.82, 102)
]
def product_sales((price, unit)):
    return price * unit

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

I don't think you can destructure a tuple in the argument definition. But if you pass it in as a single parameter you can do it on a separate line:

def product_sales(arg):
    price, unit = arg
    #....