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Revision as of 05:01, 26 May 2021

Internal

Overview

Declaration:

def function_name(arguments):
  <function body>

Invocation:

function_name(arguments)

Function Name Rules

The function name rules for function names is the same as for variable names.

Example

def something(a, b):
  c = a + b
  return c

Built-in Functions

type()

type() returns the type of the argument.

print()

print(). If more comma-separated arguments are used, every comma adds a space.

input()

input() instructs Python to pause and read data from stdin. input() returns a string.

s = input('this is the prompt')
print(s)

Other Functions

max('...')