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Python 3 Part 7 - Functions in Python 3

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Functions in Python 3

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  1. Function
  2. Default value of argument
  3. Passing arbitrary arguments using *args
  4. Passing arbitrary keyword arguments using **kwargs

Function

Function is a block of code executed when it is called. The syntax for defining a function is as below.

def function_name(<arguments):
    statement
    return statement

Example of a simple function which takes no arguments.


Function which takes arguments and returns addition.


Function passing arguments with key.


Default value of argument 

We can set default value for argument, if value is not passed for that argument it takes default value.


Passing arbitrary arguments using *args

If the number of argument function is not fixed we can use arbitrary argument


Passing arbitrary keyword arguments using **kwargs

We can pass arbitrary number of arguments with some values.

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