Python-3.4.3/C4/Getting-Started-with-Functions/English

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Show Slide title	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Getting started with functions.
Show Slide Objectives	In this tutorial, we will learn to, Define a function Define functions with arguments and use docstrings.
Show Slide System Specifications	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux 16.04 operating system Python 3.4.3 and IPython 5.1.0
Show Slide Pre-requisite	To practise this tutorial, you should know how to use tuples. If not, see the relevant Python tutorials on this website.
Show Slide Function	First we will learn about functions. A function is a portion of code within a larger program that performs a specific task. Functions are useful in reusing the code and eliminate code redundancy. Functions are also used to organise our code into manageable blocks.
Slide: Syntax of functions: def function_name(parameters):"""docstring""" statement(s) return [expression] Highlight according to narration	Here is the syntax for defining the functions. def is the keyword which defines the function name. colon is used to mark the end of the function name. docstring is the documentation string to describe what the function does. It is an optional, but recommended. Statement makes the function body and it must have 4 indentation level. return statement is to return a value from the function and it is also indented by 4 spaces.
Show Slide: Example: Function f(x) a mathematical function def f(x): return x*x	Now we will understand the functions with an example. Consider a mathematical function f of x is equal to x squared. Here x is a variable. f of x changes when x changes. Let us define our function f of x. The first line def f of x is used to define the function name and its parameters. The second line uses the function parameters to return the required value.
Open terminal	Let us start ipython. Open the terminal.
Type, ipython3 then press Enter	Type ipython3 and press Enter. From here onwards, remember to press the Enter key after typing every command on the terminal.
Type, def f(x): return x*x	Type, def f inside brackets x colon return x asterisk x and press the Enter key two times.
Type, f(2) f(2.5)	Let us call the f of x with different arguments. Type, f inside brackets 2 f inside brackets 2.5 It returned 4 and 6.25 respectively.
Type, def greet(): print ("No function arguments")	Now let us see how to write functions without arguments. Type the code as shown. It defines a new function named greet which will print "No function arguments"
Type, greet()	Now we will call the function as,greet open and close parentheses
	Note that it is not mandatory for a function to return values. The function greet neither takes any arguments nor returns any value.
Show Slide docstrings	Next we will learn how to comment in a code. Documenting/commenting code is a good practice. Docstrings are triple quoted comments entered just after the function definition. It implies what the function does.
Type, (type manually)def avg(a, b): """ avg takes two numbers as input a & b. Returns the average of a and b""" return (a + b) / 2.0	Let us write a function which returns average of two numbers. Type the code as shown. and press the Enter key two times. Comments within triple quotes give a clear explanation about the code.
Type, avg?	Type, avg question mark Here we can see the docstring of the function avg.
Type, avg(3, 5)	Now let us pass 3 and 5 as values to the arguments a and b to the function avg. Type, avg inside brackets 3 comma 5 We get 4.0 as output.
	Pause the video. Try this exercise and then resume the video.
Show Slide Assignment 1	Write a function circle which returns the area and perimeter of a circle with given radius r.
Switch terminal	Switch back to the terminal for the solution.
Type, def circle(r): """returns area and perimeter of a circle given radius r""" pi = 3.14 area = pi * r * r perimeter = 2 * pi * r return area, perimeter	Type the code as shown. Press the Enter key two times. The circle function requires us to return two values. A python function can return any number of values in the form of a tuple.
Type, a, p = circle(6)	Let us call the function circle as, a comma p is equal to circle inside brackets 6
Type, print (a, p)	Type, print inside brackets a comma p We can see the output as area and perimeter of a circle of radius 6.
Show Slide Summary	This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize. In this tutorial, we have learnt to, Define functions in Python Call a function by specifying the function name Write docstrings to a function by putting it as a triple quoted string Pass parameters to a function Return values from a function.
Show Slide Self assessment questions	Here are some self assessment questions for you to solve How many arguments can be passed to a Python function? 2. Write a function to find the area of a rectangle
Show Slide Solution of self assessment questions	And the answers, Any number of arguments can be passed to a Python function. 2. We can write a function to find the area of a rectangle as: def rectangle underscore area inside brackets l comma b colon return l asterisk b
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