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How to implement function composition in Python like we do in R: x <- 2; add_three <- \(x) x+3; duplicate <- \(x) x*2; x |> add_three() |> duplicate() |> {\(x) paste0("Result: ", x) }() # Result: 10
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from typing import Callable | |
from functools import reduce, partial | |
add_three = lambda x: x+3 | |
duplicate = lambda x: x*2 | |
#------- | |
ComposableFunction = Callable[[float], float] | |
def compose1(*functions: ComposableFunction) -> ComposableFunction: | |
return reduce(lambda f, g: lambda x: g(f(x)), functions) | |
def example1(): | |
x = 2 | |
call1 = compose1(add_three, duplicate) | |
print("Result example1:", call1(x)) | |
#------- | |
def compose2(funcs, data): | |
prev_data = data | |
for f in funcs: | |
prev_data = f(prev_data) | |
return prev_data | |
def call2(data, functions): | |
pipeline = partial(compose2, functions) | |
return pipeline(data) | |
def example2(): | |
x = 2 | |
print("Result example2:", call2(x, [add_three, duplicate])) | |
#------- | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
example1() | |
example2() |
You can use partial
to build a function conditioned on a list of functions to create a 'pipeline'. Then use this function that stores the list without any need to pass the list of functions, just the data).
from functools import partial
def pipe_data_over_funcs(funcs, data):
prev_data = data
for f in funcs:
prev_data = f(prev_data)
return prev_data
def build_pipeline(functions):
pipeline = partial(pipe_data_over_funcs, functions)
return pipeline
add_three = lambda x: x+3
duplicate = lambda x: x*2
functions = [add_three, duplicate]
pipeline = build_pipeline(functions)
pipeline(2)
Thanks @davidbp. I've just updated my code adding your approach.
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The idea is to improve code readability avoiding;
x = add_three(2)
x = duplicate(x)
Or:
call = lambda x: duplicate(add_three(x))
Another approach by @multimeric, here:
https://github.com/multimeric/PipeChain#pipechain