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Test if some list elements are truthy

Checks if the provided function returns True for at least one element in the list.

Use any() in combination with map() to check if fn returns True for any element in the list.

def some(lst, fn = lambda x: x):
  return any(map(fn, lst))

some([0, 1, 2, 0], lambda x: x >= 2 ) # True
some([0, 0, 1, 0]) # True

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