Practice Functional Programming Concepts (1.7) - Overview of Advanced Programming Concepts

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Question 1.
What is a first-class function?
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Think about how functions can be used like any other data type.
Question 2.
Define a pure function.
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Consider functions that do not affect global variables.
3Question 3.
What is a first-class function?
- A function that cannot be assigned to variables
- A function that can be passed as an argument
- A type of class method
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Remember how functions can be used in different contexts.
4Question 4.
True or False: Pure functions can cause side effects.
- True
- False
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Consider what effects a function can have outside of its return value.
Question 5.
Implement a function that returns the first n prime numbers using functional programming principles.
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Look into higher-order functions like filter and some form of map to generate a list of numbers.
Question 6.
Explain how you could use recursion to flatten a nested array structure.
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Consider base cases where an element is not an array.

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