This page provides the comparison tables of functional programming instructions between programming languages. Comparison of basic instructions of imperative paradigm is provided by the comparison of basic instructions .
List operations [ edit ] Function applications and lists [ edit ]
map apply identity lambda
lambda
filter
fold sum
Python map(func, list)
func(*arguments)
lambda x: x
lambda x: ...
filter(func, list)
functools.reduce(func, list)
sum(list)
Mathematica Map[func, list] or func /@ list
Apply[func, args] or func @@ args
#&
... # ... &
Select[list, func]
Fold[func, initval, list]
Plus
Numerical operations on lists [ edit ]
sort
max
min
Python
sorted(...)
max(...)
min(...)
Mathematica
Sort[...]
Max[...]
Min[...]
Iterations on lists [ edit ]
group by
Python
itertools.groupby(list, func)
Mathematica
GroupBy[list, func][1]
Generating lists by combinatorics tools [ edit ]
Generate range (lazily)
Infinite range (lazily)
Python
xrange(start, end)
itertools.count(start, step)
References [ edit ]
