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xi on Jan 22, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ruby and Python: pivot points

I can stringify a list by saying map(str, numbers), because str() happens to be a function that I can map with. But I can’t capitalize a list in that way, because capitalize() is a method.

Yes, you can:

    >>> map(str.capitalize, ['alpha', 'beta', 'gamma'])
    ['Alpha', 'Beta', 'Gamma']

kingkilr on Jan 23, 2011 [–]

Or, if you have a list that might be of mixed types that happen to have capitalize methods:

    >>> import operator
    >>> map(operator.methodcaller("capitalize"), your_list)

vithlani on Jan 24, 2011 | [–]

Hot damn, I had no idea bout that module.....

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