Reduce function with three parameters

Question

How does reduce function work in python3 with three parameters instead of two. So, for two,

tup = (1,2,3)
reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, tup)
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Answer 1

reduce optional third argument :

>>> import functools
>>> test = []
>>> functools.reduce((lambda x,y: x+y), test, "testing")