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Default Arguments in Python

This document teaches the concept of default arguments in Python functions, highlighting their flexibility and ease of use. It explains how to define functions with default values and provides scenarios where they are beneficial, such as personalized greetings and configuration settings. The lesson includes inquiry questions to deepen understanding and encourages exploration of the syntax and application of default arguments.

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Default Arguments in Python

This document teaches the concept of default arguments in Python functions, highlighting their flexibility and ease of use. It explains how to define functions with default values and provides scenarios where they are beneficial, such as personalized greetings and configuration settings. The lesson includes inquiry questions to deepen understanding and encourages exploration of the syntax and application of default arguments.

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Default Arguments in

Python

Objective:

By the end of the lesson;

Students will understand the concept of default arguments in

Python functions.

Students will be able to define and use functions with default

arguments.

Students will be able to identify situations where default

arguments are useful.


Common Scenario:
"Imagine you're writing a function to create personalized email
greetings. Most of the time, you want to say 'Hello,' but
sometimes you want to use 'Dear.'
How can you make your function flexible?"

Write a basic
function without
default
arguments:

"What if we want 'Hello' to be the usual greeting? How can we make it so we


don't always have to specify 'Hello'?"
Concept of default
arguments:
Python allows us to give function parameters a default value.
If the user doesn't provide a value for that parameter when calling the
function, the default is used.
Synt
ax

Explorati Inquiry Questions During


on: Exploration
Call the greet function with only a name: What happens when you don't
print(greet("Charlie")) provide a greeting?
Call the greet function with both a name and a Can you change the default
greeting: print(greet("Diana", "Good greeting? How?
morning")) What happens if you switch the
Try changing the default greeting to something order of the parameters (name,
else. greeting) in the function definition?
What happens if you try to define a function Can you have more than one
Formalizing
Understanding
A default argument provides a fallback value if the user doesn't
supply one.
The syntax for default arguments is
parameter_name=default_value in the function definition.
Default arguments must come after non-default arguments in the
function definition.
Default arguments make functions more flexible and easier to use
in many cases.
Real-World
Connections
Where might default arguments be useful in real-world
programming scenarios?

Examples:
Configuration settings for a program (e.g., default font,
default color).
Optional parameters in API calls.
Functions that perform calculations with optional units
(e.g., converting temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit,
THE END
where Celsius is the default).
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