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Python functions allow for modular and reusable code. A function is defined using the def keyword and can take in arguments. Functions can return values and have default parameter values. Functions can also take in arbitrary arguments and keyword arguments. Functions allow for recursion where a function can call itself.

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Function

Python functions allow for modular and reusable code. A function is defined using the def keyword and can take in arguments. Functions can return values and have default parameter values. Functions can also take in arbitrary arguments and keyword arguments. Functions allow for recursion where a function can call itself.

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Python Functions

Python Functions
• Function is a block of program statements
• It saves the time of a developer
• Reusable code
• A function can return data as a result.
Creating a Function
• In Python a function is defined using the def keyword:
Example:
def user_function():
print("Hello from a function")
Calling a Function
Example:
def my_function():
print("Hello from a function")

my_function()
Arguments
• Information can be passed into functions as arguments.
• Arguments are specified after the function name, inside the parentheses.
• You can add as many arguments as you want, just separate them with a comma.
Example:
def my_function(fname):
print(fname + " Jadhav")

my_function(“Gokul")
my_function(“Gopi")
my_function(“Ganesh")
Parameters or Arguments?
• Number of Arguments
• a function must be called with the correct number of arguments.
Example:
def my_function(fname, lname):
print(fname)
print(lname)

my_function(“Gokul", “Jadhav")

If you try to call the function with 1 or 3 arguments, you will get an error:
Return Values
• let a function return a value, use the return statement:
Example:
def my_function(x):
return 5 * x

print(my_function(3))
print(my_function(5))
print(my_function(9))
Default Parameter Value
If we call the function without argument, it uses the default value:

Example:
def my_function(country = "Norway"):
print("I am from " + country)

my_function("Sweden")
my_function("India")
my_function()
my_function("Brazil")
Keyword Arguments
• You can also send arguments with the key = value syntax.
• This way the order of the arguments does not matter.
Example:
def my_function(child3, child2, child1):
print("The youngest child is " + child3)

my_function(child1 = “Rajesh", child2 = “Ganesh", child3 = “Mangesh")


Arbitrary Arguments, *args
• If you do not know how many arguments that will be passed into your function, add a * before
the parameter name in the function definition.
• This way the function will receive a tuple of arguments, and can access the items accordingly:

Example:
def my_function(*kids):
print("The youngest child is " + kids[2])

my_function("Emil", "Tobias", "Linus")


Arbitrary Keyword Arguments,
**kwargs
• If you do not know how many keyword arguments that will be passed into your function, add
two asterisk: ** before the parameter name in the function definition.
Example:
def my_function(**kid):
print("His last name is " + kid["lname"])

my_function(fname = “Gokul", lname = “jadhav")


Passing a List as an Argument
You can send any data types of argument to a function (string, number, list, dictionary etc.), and
it will be treated as the same data type inside the function.
E.g. if you send a List as an argument, it will still be a List when it reaches the function:
def my_function(food):
for x in food:
print(x)

fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]

my_function(fruits)
The pass Statement
function definitions cannot be empty, but if you for some reason have
a function definition with no content, put in the pass statement to avoid
getting an error.

def my_function():
pass
Recursion
recursion, which means a defined function can call itself.
def tri_recursion(k):
if(k > 0):
result = k + tri_recursion(k - 1)
print(result)
else:
result = 0
return result

print("\n\nRecursion Example Results")


tri_recursion(6)

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