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A function is a block of instructions that performs an action and, once defined, can be reused. Functions make code more modular, allowing you to use the same code over and over again.
Python has a number of built-in functions that you may be familiar with, including:
print() which will print an object to the terminalint() which will convert a string or number data type to an integer data typelen() which returns the length of an objectFunction names include parentheses and may include parameters.
In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to define your own functions to use in your coding projects.
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very helpful…keep up !!
In this line:
name = str(input('Enter your name: '))
There is no need to call str() here, it’s already a string:
name = input('Enter your name: ')
print(type(name))
Output:
Enter your name: Sveta
<class 'str'>
Also, this for loop :
for x in range(0, 25):
doesn’t require 0 in range(0,25), you can just write it as range(25)
A tutorial on transforming Python3.6 into an executable .exe file would be great.
This is a great tutorial, but I still don’t quite understand what __name__ and '__main__' are used for. In the line
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
in more_names.py, what is the purpose of including if __name__ == '__main__':? Why wouldn’t we just plainly call the main() function as in hello.py?
Thank you so much. This helped me a lot!
Hello! I’m completely new with Python. I’m using PyCharm to edit and compile. My problem is that I have created a very simple function in the text editor and when I’m trying to use it with some arguments, it give an error.
In the text file kelvin.py I have:
def kelvin(tc):
tk = tc + 273.15
return tk
Python Console:
kelvin(23)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'kelvin' is not defined
Thanks for your time!!
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