>>> ( lambda x,y: x + y)(2,3) 5 >>> foo = lambda x: x*x*x >>> >>> foo(5) 125 >>> (lambda (): print("cows"))() File "", line 1 (lambda (): print("cows"))() ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>> (lambda : print("cows"))() cows >>> x = [4,5,7,9,0] >>> map(lambda x: x*x + 1, x) >>> list(map(lambda x: x*x + 1, x)) [17, 26, 50, 82, 1] >>> for k in map(lambda x: x*x + 1, x): ... print(k) ... 17 26 50 82 1 >>> sum(map(lambda x: x*x + 1, x)) 176 >>> min(map(lambda x: x*x + 1, x)) 1 >>> max(map(lambda x: x*x + 1, x)) 82