{"id":19635,"date":"2022-11-07T07:50:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T02:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-what-is-a-def-function-for-python-closed\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T07:50:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T02:20:05","slug":"solved-what-is-a-def-function-for-python-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-what-is-a-def-function-for-python-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] What is a DEF function for Python [closed]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-18711172\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"18711172\" data-parentid=\"18711139\" data-score=\"14\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p><code>def<\/code> isn&#8217;t a function, it <strong>defines<\/strong> a function, and is one of the basic keywords in Python.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<pre><code>def square(number):\n    return number * number\nprint square(3)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Will display:<\/p>\n<pre><code>9\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above code we can break it down as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>def<\/strong> &#8211; Tells python we are declaring a function<\/li>\n<li><strong>square<\/strong> &#8211; The name of our function<\/li>\n<li><strong>(<\/strong> &#8211; The beginning of our arguments for the function<\/li>\n<li><strong>number<\/strong> &#8211; The list of arguments (in this case just one)<\/li>\n<li><strong>)<\/strong> &#8211; The end of the list of arguments<\/li>\n<li><strong>:<\/strong> &#8211; A token to say the body of the function starts now<\/li>\n<li>The following newline and indent then declare the intentation level for the rest of the function.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is just as valid (although uncommon) to see:<\/p>\n<pre><code>def square(number): return number * number\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this case, as there is no indentation the entirety of the function (which in this case is just one line) runs until the end of line. 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