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Functional Programming Exercises

Some terminology

When writing code in python, we're used to calling things functions when in reality what we're writing are procedures.

What's the difference?

Procedures and Functions

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import math


def side_length(n):
    """
    return the side length of a polygon inscribed in a unit circle

    The number of sides that the polygon has is (2 ** n) * 6
    """
    if n == 0:

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import functools
import itertools
import operator


class AlgebraicStructure(object):
    def __init__(self, elements, *operations):
        if len(operations) != len(self.operation_names):
            raise ValueError
        self.elements = elements

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