# # Example file for working with functions # (For Python 3.x, be sure to use the ExampleSnippets3.txt file) # define a function with the def statement; they are then given a name, open/closed parenths, # and a colon indicating the start of the scope of the function # The print statement has to be indented to indicate that it is a part of the function def func1(): print ("I am a function") # function that takes arguments def func2(arg1, arg2): print (arg1, " ", arg2) # function that returns a value def cube(x): return x*x*x # function with default value for an argument def power(num, x=1): result = 1; for i in range(x): result = result * num return result #function with variable number of arguments def multi_add(*args): result = 0; #defining a local variable named result for x in args: result = result + x return result #comment: line 13 calls func1 #func1() #print (func1()) #print (func1) #func2(10,20) #print (func2(10,20)) #print (cube(3)) #ans 27 #print (power(2)) #ans 2 #print (power(2,3)) #ans 8 #print (power(x=3, num=2)) #the python interpreter understands that this is the same as the previous function print (multi_add(4,5,10,4))
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