{"id":27245,"date":"2024-03-16T08:09:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-does-map-mean-in-python\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T10:33:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:33:54","slug":"what-does-map-mean-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-does-map-mean-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"What does &#8220;map&#8221; mean in Python?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Python, the map() function is a built-in function that accepts a function and an iterable as arguments, and applies that function to each element of the iterable. It returns an iterator containing the results of applying the function. 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