Creating Functions
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Chapter 3 Functions
3.5 Definitions and uses
Pulling together the code fragments from the previous section, the whole program looks like this:
This program contains two function definitions:
As you might expect, you have to create a function before you can run it. In other words, the function definition has to run before the function gets called.
As an exercise, move the last line of this program to the top, so the function call appears before the definitions. Run the program and see what error message you get.
Now move the function call back to the bottom and move the definition of
def print_lyrics():
print("I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay.")
print("I sleep all night and I work all day.")
def repeat_lyrics():
print_lyrics()
print_lyrics()
repeat_lyrics()
This program contains two function definitions:
print_lyrics and repeat_lyrics. Function
definitions get executed just like other statements, but the effect is to create function objects. The statements inside the function do not run until the function is called, and the function definition generates no output.As you might expect, you have to create a function before you can run it. In other words, the function definition has to run before the function gets called.
As an exercise, move the last line of this program to the top, so the function call appears before the definitions. Run the program and see what error message you get.
Now move the function call back to the bottom and move the definition of
print_lyrics after the definition of
repeat_lyrics. What happens when you run this program?