How to repeat a function n times

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That should do it:

 def repeated(f, n):
     def rfun(p):
         return reduce(lambda x, _: f(x), xrange(n), p)
     return rfun

 def square(x):
     print "square(%d)" % x
     return x * x

 print repeated(square, 5)(3)

output:

 square(3)
 square(9)
 square(81)
 square(6561)
 square(43046721)
 1853020188851841

or lambda-less?

def repeated(f, n):
    def rfun(p):
        acc = p
        for _ in xrange(n):
            acc = f(acc)
        return acc
    return rfun

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