Several Python functions example

fibonacci_using_reduce.py

from functools import reduce


def get_first_n_fibonacci(n):
    if n<1:
        return []
    ar = [0, 1]
    for i in range(2, n):
        ar.append(ar[i-1] + ar[i-2])
    return ar[:n]


def get_first_n_fibonacci_reduce(n):
    initializer = [0, 1]
    if n<2:
        return initializer[:n]
    ar = reduce(lambda fib, _: fib + [fib[-1] + fib[-2]], range(n-2), initializer)
    return ar


if __name__ == '__main__':
    assert get_first_n_fibonacci(5) == get_first_n_fibonacci_reduce(5)
    assert get_first_n_fibonacci(0) == get_first_n_fibonacci_reduce(0)
    assert get_first_n_fibonacci(1) == get_first_n_fibonacci_reduce(1)
    assert get_first_n_fibonacci(10) == get_first_n_fibonacci_reduce(10)

list_multiplication_with_reduce.py

from functools import reduce


def get_list_multiplication(ar):
    result = 1
    for i in ar:
        result *= i
    return result

def get_list_multiplication_using_reduce(ar):
    return reduce(lambda x, y: x*y, ar, 1)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ar = [3, 1, 4, 5, -23]
    assert get_list_multiplication(ar) == get_list_multiplication_using_reduce(ar)