CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

lambda expression python

#define a function inline
#(syntax) lambda parameter_list: expression     parameter_list is comma separated
#lambda implicitly returns its expression's value, thus equivalent to any simple fxn of form...
'''
def function_name(parameter_list)
    return expression
'''

numbers = [10, 3, 7, 1, 9, 4, 2, 8, 5, 6]
print(list(filter(lambda x: x%2 != 0, numbers))) #here filter() takes a fxn as 1st argument
# [3, 7, 1, 9, 5]