FUNCTIONS IN PYTHON

By : Mrs Sangeeta M Chauhan ,

Gwalior

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 FUNCTIONS IN PYTHON
ef
D Function is a piece of code written to carry out
a specified task.

You can Pass Data(input) known as

parameter to a function

A Function may or may not return any

value(Output)

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 There are three types of functions in
Python
– Built-in functions The Python interpreter has a
number of functions built into it that are always
available. They are listed here in alphabetical
order.
– User-Defined Functions (UDFs): The Functions
defined by User is known as User Defined
Functions. These are defined with the keyword def
– Anonymous functions, which are also called
lambda functions because they are not declared
with the standard def keyword
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 Functions vs Methods :

• A method refers to a function which is part of a

class. You access it with an instance or object of
the class.
• A function doesn’t have this restriction: it just
refers to a standalone function. This means that
all methods are functions, but not all functions
are methods.

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 Structure of Python Function

def functionname ( parameters ):

"function_docstring“

function_body

return [expression]

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 DOC STRING

Python Docstring is the

documentation string which
is string literal, and it occurs in
the class, module, function or
method definition, and it is
written as a first statement.
Docstrings are accessible from
the doc attribute for any of
the Python object and also
with the built-in help()
function can come in handy.

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 After execution of the program/function

>>> Info.__doc__
'This Function is to display info about author.'

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 Without execution of Program/function

>>> use_doc.Info.__doc__
'This Function is to display info about author.'
>>>

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 Example of Function Definition
• Example for Creating a Function without
parameter
• In Python a function is defined using
the def keyword:
>>> def MyMsg1():
print("Learning to create function")

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 Example of Function Definition
• Example for Creating a Function with
parameter

• >>> def MyMsg2( name ):

"This prints a passed string into this function"
print (name ,” is learning to define Python Function”)
• return

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 Calling function MyMsg1 ()
To call a function, use the function name followed by parenthesis:
• >>> MyMsg1()
Output :
• >>> Learning to create function

Calling Function MyMsg2() twice with different parameter

>>> MyMsg2(‘Divyaditya’)
>>> MyMsg2(‘Manasvi’) Parameters

Output
Divyaditya is learning to define Python Function
Manasvi is learning to define Python Function
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 ?????Arguments Vs Parameters

Parameter

Argument
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 Function Arguments
1. Default 2. Positional
3. Keyword 4. Arbitrary(Variable no.)

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 Variable no. of arguments

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 Global and Local Variables in Python
a=50 # Global Variable
def MyFunc():
b=100 # Local Variable
print("Function Called :",a)
print("Function Called :",b)
>>>MyFunc() # Function Call
Output
>>> Function Called 50
>>> Function Called 100

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 Local and Global Variable……..

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 The globals()
method
returns the
dictionary of
the
current global
symbol table.
A symbol
table is a data
structure
maintained by
a compiler
which
contains all
necessary
information
about the
program

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 MOST USEFUL
BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS

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 Filter Function
– Returns an Object containing sequence of the items
from the sequence for which function(item) is true

Syntax :Filter(function, sequence)

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 Example
Computes
primes up
to 20

output
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 Map()
– Calls function(item) for each of the sequence’s
items

Syntax:
map(function, sequence)

Ex: map (factorial, list)

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 Example of Map function

Computes
the
factorial
of given
values

output

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 Python lambda
(Anonymous Functions)
 A lambda function is a small anonymous
function.
 A lambda function can take any number of
arguments, but can only have one
expression.

Syntax

lambda <arguments> : <expression>

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 Example 1 of lambda function

output

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 Example 2 : lambda Function

output

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 Example 3: lambda Function

output

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Calling of functions with ternary operator.

OUTPUT

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 # Function argument unpacking

output

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