#MonthOfCode day 23 - meta

day_23.py

# This shows how we can define and use a META-function in python

def produce_incrementor( step):
    ''' it produces various increment functions'''
    return lambda u:u+step

print "three by three"
increm_three = produce_incrementor(3)
k=0
while k < 34:
    print k
    k = increm_three( k)

print "eleven by eleven"
increm_three = produce_incrementor(3)
k=0
while k < 34:
    print k
    k =\
        produce_incrementor(11)(k)  #immediate call of the func returned by produce_incrementor