Can you assign variables in a lambda?

Question

I was using a lambda statement to perform math, and happened to repeatedly use one certain value. Therefore I was wondering if it was possible to assign and use

Answer 1

You can just pass your lambda an argument which passes it along to another argument if you wish:

>>> b = lambda x: 3 + 2*x
>>> a = lambda y: y * b(y)
>>> a(1)
5
>>> a(2)
14