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5.

1 Functions and Parameters 1


Functions
⁃ ex. int, input
⁃ allow us to break our program into smaller parts, and make the program
easier to understand
⁃ ex. def my_function(x):
…do something…
⁃ x is an input parameter (pass a number from program to our function)

5.2 Functions and Parameters 2


Parameters
⁃ variable name
⁃ make function behave differently every time
• def print_a_number(num):
print(num)
⁃ inside function () once it’s called is an argument
⁃ multiple parameter names separated with commas
⁃ parameters can be set to have a default value if the argument doesn’t
specify a value
• have to be at the end of the list

5.3 Functions and Parameters 3


⁃ calling a function
• build_house(“blue”)
⁃ defining a function
• def draw circle (radius, color, x, y) :
• circle = Circle (radius)
• circle. set_position (x, y)
• circle. set_color (color)
• add (circle)

5.4 Functions and Return Values


Type
⁃ can act as function call and value
⁃ variable
• print(type(…)) —> special type of return value
Return
⁃ function call replaced with return value
• def number():
return 10
x = number
print(x)
⁃ function calling another function

5.5 Functions and Return Values 2


Functions take in parameters and can give back results called return values.
⁃ def sum(first, second):
total = first + second
return total

results = sum(5, 8)
print results

def add_one(x):
return x + 1

y = add_one(100)
print(y)
• Code Outcome
• 13
101

5.6 Name Spaces


⁃ namespace - the collection of variable names that exist at a certain
point in your code, names don’t exist throughout the entire program, they only
exist within a certain namespace
⁃ scope - where the variable exists within a program, if a variable
doesn’t exist at a certain place, then it is “out of scope”

• Code
• global_var = 10
other_ var = 20

print(global_var)

• Code Outcome
• global_var —> 10
other_var —> 20

5.7 Exceptions
⁃ Try/Except
numerator = int (input ("Enter #: "))
denominator = int (input ("Enter #: "))
try:
quotient = numerator / denominator
if quotient * denominator = numerator:
print ("Divisible!")
else: print ("Not divisible.")
except ZeroDivisionError:
print ("Cannot divide by zero!")

print ("All done!")

5.8 Python vs Karel


API (Karel)
⁃ APIs - an API (application programming interface) is a set of tools for
building programs
⁃ API provide all the building blocks for the programmer to put together
⁃ Karel API abstracts away the complex details involved in getting the
Karel image to move across the screen

Documentation
⁃ provides information to show programmers how to use it
• docs tab of editor
⁃ chart.js
⁃ HTML

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