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Practice problem using lambda inside the class
#1
I am trying to check if the sum of all 3 sides of triangle is equal to 180 , if it is then it should output true else false,
I am using lamba function to implement it, as i want some practice.
This is what i tried i am getting output as

<function __main__.Triangle.check_angles.<locals>.<lambda>>
instead i should be getting True or False, i really wanna use lamba here, do let me know what i am missing, thanks a lot in advance.

My code here:

class Triangle():
    def  __init__(self, angle1, angle2, angle3):
        self.angle1=angle1 
        self.angle2=angle2
        self.angle3=angle3
        self.number_of_sides=3
    
    def check_angles(self):
        return (lambda self:'True' if (self.angle1+self.angle2+self.angle3)==180 else 'False')

cal=Triangle(45,45,90)
cal.check_angles()
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#2
Of course you get that output, because check_angles returns a function, which you then need to call.

Having said that, this is not really a good case for using a lambda because here all it does is complicate things. If you at least want to get used to passing functions around, then look at using lambdas with say, map, filter or even passing a function for the key argument of the sorted function (or the sort method on sequences). reduce is another example of a function that takes a function as an argument (a so-called "higher-order function"), but it might be a bit more complicated to understand how it works.
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#3
Thanks calling it again helps. Just wanted to see how it works inside class, i will take a note not to complicate it this way.
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#4
Why do you return 'True' or 'False'? Shouldn't check_angles() return True or False? 'True' and 'False' are strings, not Boolean constants.

If you want to return True or False, does this code look odd to you?
if True:
    return True
else:
    return False
If it does, then this should look equally odd:
lambda self:True if (self.angle1+self.angle2+self.angle3)==180 else False
Because it does the same thing as this:
lambda self:(self.angle1+self.angle2+self.angle3)==180
And then there is the oddness of the check_angles function. This is a really strange place to use a lambda. Remember that the only thing lambda does is create a function. So this code:
def check_angles(self):
    return (lambda self:'True' (self.angle1+self.angle2+self.angle3)==180
is the same as this:
def check_angles(self):
    def really_check_angles(self):
        return (self.angle1+self.angle2+self.angle3)==180
    return really_check_angles
Of course what you really want is this:
def check_angles(self):
    return (self.angle1+self.angle2+self.angle3)==180
And to do that with lambda you end up with this horrible code:
def check_angles(self):
    return (lambda self: (self.angle1+self.angle2+self.angle3)==180)(self)
Don't use lambda unless you have to. And if you have to use lambda it may be a sign that your design is bad.
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