list-comprehension and map question (simple)

* Charles Hartman  [16:51 27/03/05 CEST]: 
>I understand this toy example:>>lines = "this is a group\nof lines of\nwords">def getlength(w): return len(w)>s = map(getlength, [word for ln in lines.split() for word in  >ln.splitlines()])>>(now s is [4, 2, 1, 5, 2, 5, 2, 5])>>My question is whether there's any compact way to combine function  >calls, like this (which doesn't work):>>lines = "this is a group\nof lines of\nwords">def getlength(w): return len(w)>def timestwo(x): return x * 2>s = map(timestwo(getlength), [word for ln in lines.split() for word in  >ln.splitlines()])>>I hope the question is clear enough. I have a feeling I'm ignoring a  >simple technique . . .

lambda !

map(lambda x: timestwo(getlength(x)), ...)

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