programming, an anonymous function (function literal, lambda abstraction, lambda function, lambda expression or block) is a function definition that is...

other functions, and assigning them to variables or storing them in data structures. Some programming language theorists require support for anonymous functions...

that the lambda calculus treats functions "anonymously;" it does not give them explicit names. For example, the function s q u a r e _ s u m ⁡ ( x , y )...

for anonymous function, though strictly, an anonymous function is a function literal without a name, while a closure is an instance of a function, a value...

value will be available the next time the anonymous function is called.) An even shorter form of anonymous function uses placeholder variables: For example...

Example of arrow function: // Arrow functions let us omit the `function` keyword. // Here `long_example` points to an anonymous function value. const long_example...

fmt.Println(g(7)) // 13 } Notice a function literal can be defined either with an identifier (twice) or anonymously (assigned to variable plusThree). twice...

as defining a function. Only lambda abstractions without an application are treated as anonymous functions. lambda-named A named function. An expression...

and anonymous functions where some variables can be in neither the local nor the global scope. In Lua they are called the upvalues of the function. In...

in the global environment. Originally known as a "self-executing anonymous function", Ben Alman later introduced the current term IIFE as a more semantically...