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Passing Data into Python Functions

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Overview

Add parameters to Python functions and pass arguments by position, by name, and with defaults so one definition can handle many inputs.

Syllabus

  • Unit 1: Introduction to Function Parameters
    • Observation: Reading a Parameter in Action
    • Parameterizing a Hard-Coded Greeting
    • A Parameterized Function for Numbers
    • Building the announce function
  • Unit 2: Passing Multiple Arguments
    • Reading a Two Parameter Function
    • Adding a Third Parameter
    • Fixing a Swapped Argument Call
    • Combining Two Names Into Greetings
  • Unit 3: Naming Function Arguments
    • Reading Keyword Calls
    • Rewriting Positional Calls as Keyword Calls
    • Repairing a Positional After Keyword
    • Mixed Calls for Two Functions
  • Unit 4: Using Default Arguments
    • Reading a Default in the Header
    • Giving a Parameter a Default
    • Overriding Defaults Two Ways
    • Repairing an Illegal Parameter Order
    • Building a Defaulted Greeting Function

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