Functional Python

Try using functional programming and lambda functions (anonymous one line one time usage functions that you need not waste namespace defining) while programming in Python.
It increases efficiency and better represents your code's function.

Eg (random): Calc e^x + 1 for all natural x in [1,10]. Take the values which have an even greatest integer value and find their product.

Step 1: Finding function values

fvals = [math.e**x + 1 for x in range(1,11)]

OR

fvals = map(lambda x: e**x + 1, range(1,11))

Step 2: Keeping only even values.

fevenvals = filter(lambda x: int(x)%2==0, fvals)

Step 3: Go through the list multiplying elements together.

answer = reduce(lambda x,y: x*y, fevenvals)

In my opinion, the above is way more elegant, simple and clear than

answer = 1.0
for i in xrange(1,11):
  t = math.e**i + 1
  if int(t)%2==0:
    answer*=t