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Gopikabai Sitaram Gawande

Mahavidyalaya Umarkhed

Department of Computer Science

Python Functions

Presented by
Shraddha Hingade
Python - Functions
• A function is a block of organized, reusable code that is used to
perform a single, related action. Functions provides better
modularity for your application and a high degree of code
reusing.
• As you already know, Python gives you many built-in functions
like print() etc. but you can also create your own functions. These
functions are called user-defined functions.
Defining a Function
Here are simple rules to define a function in Python:
• Function blocks begin with the keyword def followed by the
function name and parentheses ( ( ) ).
• Any input parameters or arguments should be placed within these
parentheses. You can also define parameters inside these
parentheses.
• The first statement of a function can be an optional statement -
the documentation string of the function or docstring.
• The code block within every function starts with a colon (:) and is
indented.
• The statement return [expression] exits a function, optionally
passing back an expression to the caller. A return statement with
no arguments is the same as return None.
• Syntax:
• def functionname( parameters ):
• "function_docstring" function_suite return [expression]
• Syntax:
def functionname( parameters ):
"function_docstring"
function_suite
return [expression]
By default, parameters have a positional behavior, and you
need to inform them in the same order that they were
defined.
• Example:
def printme( str ):
"This prints a passed string function"
print str
return
Calling a Function
• Following is the example to call printme() function:
def printme( str ): "This is a print function“
print str;
return;

printme("I'm first call to user defined function!");


printme("Again second call to the same function");

• This would produce following result:


I'm first call to user defined function!
Again second call to the same function
Pass by reference vs value
All parameters (arguments) in the Python language are passed by
reference. It means if you change what a parameter refers to
within a function, the change also reflects back in the calling
function. For example:
def changeme( mylist ): "This changes a passed list“
mylist.append([1,2,3,4]);
print "Values inside the function: ", mylist
return
mylist = [10,20,30];
changeme( mylist );
print "Values outside the function: ", mylist

• So this would produce following result:


Values inside the function: [10, 20, 30, [1, 2, 3, 4]]
Values outside the function: [10, 20, 30, [1, 2, 3, 4]]
There is one more example where argument is being passed by reference
but inside the function, but the reference is being over-written.
def changeme( mylist ): "This changes a passed list"
mylist = [1,2,3,4];
print "Values inside the function: ", mylist
return
mylist = [10,20,30];
changeme( mylist );
print "Values outside the function: ", mylist

• The parameter mylist is local to the function changeme. Changing


mylist within the function does not affect mylist. The function
accomplishes nothing and finally this would produce following result:
Values inside the function: [1, 2, 3, 4]
Values outside the function: [10, 20, 30]
Function Arguments:
A function by using the following types of formal arguments::
– Required arguments
– Keyword arguments
– Default arguments
– Variable-length arguments
Required arguments:
• Required arguments are the arguments passed to a function in
correct positional order.
def printme( str ): "This prints a passed string"
print str;
return;
printme();
• This would produce following result:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 11, in <module> printme();
TypeError: printme() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given)
Keyword arguments:
• Keyword arguments are related to the function calls. When
you use keyword arguments in a function call, the caller
identifies the arguments by the parameter name.
• This allows you to skip arguments or place them out of
order because the Python interpreter is able to use the
keywords provided to match the values with parameters.
def printme( str ): "This prints a passed string"
print str;
return;
printme( str = "My string");
• This would produce following result:
My string
Following example gives more clear picture. Note, here order
of the parameter does not matter:
def printinfo( name, age ): "Test function"
print "Name: ", name;
print "Age ", age;
return;
printinfo( age=50, name="miki" );
• This would produce following result:
Name: miki Age 50
Default arguments:
• A default argument is an argument that assumes a default
value if a value is not provided in the function call for that
argument.
• Following example gives idea on default arguments, it
would print default age if it is not passed:
def printinfo( name, age = 35 ): “Test function"
print "Name: ", name;
print "Age ", age;
return;
printinfo( age=50, name="miki" );
printinfo( name="miki" );
• This would produce following result:
Name: miki Age 50 Name: miki Age 35
Variable-length arguments:
• You may need to process a function for more arguments
than you specified while defining the function. These
arguments are called variable-length arguments and are
not named in the function definition, unlike required and
default arguments.
• The general syntax for a function with non-keyword
variable arguments is this:
def functionname([formal_args,] *var_args_tuple ):
"function_docstring"
function_suite
return [expression]
• An asterisk (*) is placed before the variable name that will
hold the values of all nonkeyword variable arguments. This
tuple remains empty if no additional arguments are
specified during the function call. For example:
def printinfo( arg1, *vartuple ):
"This is test"
print "Output is: "
print arg1
for var in vartuple:
print var
return;
printinfo( 10 );
printinfo( 70, 60, 50 );
• This would produce following result:
Output is:
10
Output is:
70
60
50
The Anonymous Functions:
You can use the lambda keyword to create small anonymous
functions. These functions are called anonymous because they
are not declared in the standard manner by using the def
keyword.
• Lambda forms can take any number of arguments but return just
one value in the form of an expression. They cannot contain
commands or multiple expressions.
• An anonymous function cannot be a direct call to print because
lambda requires an expression.
• Lambda functions have their own local namespace and cannot
access variables other than those in their parameter list and
those in the global namespace.
• Although it appears that lambda's are a one-line version of a
function, they are not equivalent to inline statements in C or C+
+, whose purpose is by passing function stack allocation during
invocation for performance reasons.

• Syntax:
lambda [arg1 [,arg2,.....argn]]:expression
Example:
• Following is the example to show how lembda form of
function works:
sum = lambda arg1, arg2: arg1 + arg2;
print "Value of total : ", sum( 10, 20 )
print "Value of total : ", sum( 20, 20 )
• This would produce following result:
Value of total : 30
Value of total : 40
Scope of Variables:
• All variables in a program may not be accessible at all locations in
that program. This depends on where you have declared a
variable.
• The scope of a variable determines the portion of the program
where you can access a particular identifier. There are two basic
scopes of variables in Python:
Global variables
Local variables
• Global vs. Local variables:
• Variables that are defined inside a function body have a local
scope, and those defined outside have a global scope.
• This means that local variables can be accessed only inside the
function in which they are declared whereas global variables can
be accessed throughout the program body by all functions. When
you call a function, the variables declared inside it are brought
into scope.
• Example:
total = 0; # This is global variable.
def sum( arg1, arg2 ):
"Add both the parameters"
total = arg1 + arg2;
print "Inside the function local total : ", total
return total;
# Now you can call sum function
sum( 10, 20 );
print "Outside the function global total : ", total
• This would produce following result:
Inside the function local total : 30
Outside the function global total : 0

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