map(function, sequence) calls function(item) for each of the sequence's items and returns a list of the return values : map « Buildin Function « Python Tutorial






def cube(x): return x*x*x
print map(cube, range(1, 11))








13.31.map
13.31.1.map(function, sequence) calls function(item) for each of the sequence's items and returns a list of the return values
13.31.2."map(None, list1, list2)" is a convenient way of turning a pair of lists into a list of pairs
13.31.3.Mapping Functions over Sequences: map
13.31.4.Mapping Functions over Sequences: map and lambda