Python list filtering with arguments

Question

Is there a way in python to call filter on a list where the filtering function has a number of arguments bound during the call. For example is there a way to do something like t

Answer 1

You can create a closure for this purpose:

def makefilter(a, c):
   def myfilter(x):
       return a < x < c
   return myfilter

filter14 = makefilter(1, 4)

myList = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
filter(filter14, myList)
>>> [2, 3]