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# Module name: lect10_5.py
#              part 4: using a dict to implement a multiway
#                 branch, in which each key's value is a function
#                 with the help of lambda expressions
# By: Sharon M. Tuttle
# last modified: 10-26-05
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action_dict = {'already': lambda val: val + 2,
               'got':     lambda item: item * 3,
               'one':     lambda num: num ** 3 
              }

for ct in range(0, 5):
    choice = raw_input('enter word: ')
    val = raw_input('enter number: ')
    val = int(val)

    # print result of calling function for that choice
    #    with that val as its argument
    #    (if choice isn't in dict, call a function whose
    #    value is its argument)
    
    print (action_dict.get(choice, lambda it: it)) (val)

    # above is equivalent to:
    chosen_funct = action_dict.get(choice, lambda it: it)
    print chosen_funct(val)