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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from __future__ import division, print_function
+
+import operator
+
+seq1 = [1, 2, 3]
+seq2 = ["eins", "zwei", "drei", "vier"]
+map(lambda x: print("got:", x), seq1)
+map(lambda x1, x2: print("got:", x1, x2), seq1, seq2)
+map(lambda *x: print("got:", x), seq1, seq2)
+print(map(None, seq1, seq2))
+
+seq3 = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+print(reduce(operator.mul, seq3))