a = list(map(str, [1, 2, 3])) assert a == ['1', '2', '3'] b = list(map(lambda x, y: x + y, [1, 2, 4], [3, 5])) assert b == [4, 7] assert type(map(lambda x: x, [])) == map # test infinite iterator class Counter(object): counter = 0 def __next__(self): self.counter += 1 return self.counter def __iter__(self): return self it = map(lambda x: x+1, Counter()) assert next(it) == 2 assert next(it) == 3 def mapping(x): if x == 0: raise StopIteration() return x assert list(map(mapping, [1, 2, 0, 4, 5])) == [1, 2]