Functions Revisited
def statement
Defines a new function
def
fname
(
args
):
statements
Example:
def divide(a,b): return a/b
Calling a function
x = divide(7,3)
Calling a function with keyword arguments
x = divide(b=3, a=7)
Exact same result as before, argument names specified explicitly.
<<<
O'Reilly OSCON 2000, Introduction to Python, Slide 79
July 17, 2000, beazley@cs.uchicago.edu
>>>