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How can I map the read() function of a file object?

Jul 26th, 2000 05:02
unknown unknown, Peter Schneider-Kamp, Bjorn Pettersen

Just use a lambda like this:
map(lambda f:open(f,"r").read(), list_of_filenames)
or perhaps:
  def openAndRead(filename):
      return open(filename).read()
  map( openAndRead, listOfFilenames )