from functools import reduce res = reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) assert res == 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 res = reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 10) assert res == 10 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5