# this function receives a list, a function, and possibly additional parameters
# and calls the function on the list with the parameters
# the number of parameters is unknown in advance since they depend on func

# * is used for packing an unpacking the arguments into / from a tuple
# see here for documentation:
# https://docs.python.org/3.4/tutorial/controlflow.html#arbitrary-argument-lists

def info(lst,func,*params):
    return func(lst,*params)
    
# calling examples
# no additional parameters
info([10,12,14,13,11],lambda l: sum([e for e in l if e>12]))
info([10,12,14,13,11],lambda l: [e for e in l if e>12])
# one additional parameter
info([10,12,14,13,11],lambda l,i: sorted(l)[i-1],2)
# two additional parameters
# note the "x if cond else y" syntax (this is an expression, not a statement)
info([10,12,14,13,11],lambda l,i,j: l[i] if j<i else l[j],2,0)