Methods
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● Built-in objects in Python have a variety
of methods you can use!
● Let’s explore in a bit more detail how to
find methods and how to get information
about them.
Functions
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● Creating clean repeatable code is a key
part of becoming an effective
programmer.
● Functions allow us to create blocks of
code that can be easily executed many
times, without needing to constantly
rewrite the entire block of code.
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● Functions will be a huge leap forward in
your capabilities as a Python
programmer.
● This means that the problems you are
able to solve can also be a lot harder!
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● It is very important to get practice
combining everything you’ve learned so
far (control flow, loops, etc.) with
functions to become an effective
programmer.
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● This may be a point in your progress
where you may get discouraged or
frustrated, do not worry, this is
completely normal and very common!
● We will guide you step by step, be
patient with yourself and practice,
practice, practice!!
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Difficulty of
Problems You
Can Solve
Progress in Python
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Difficulty of
Problems You
Can Solve
Basic Data
Types
Progress in Python
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Difficulty of
Problems You
Can Solve
Loops and
Logic
Basic Data
Types
Progress in Python
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Functions
Difficulty of
Problems You
Can Solve
Loops and
Logic
Basic Data
Types
Progress in Python
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● Be patient with yourself.
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● Be patient with yourself.
● Take your time to practice the material.
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● Be patient with yourself.
● Take your time to practice the material.
● Start getting excited about your new
skills and start thinking about personal
projects.
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● Let’s learn how to create functions with
Python!
def Keyword
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● Creating a function requires a very
specific syntax, including the def
keyword, correct indentation, and proper
structure.
● Let’s get an overview of a Python
function structure.
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def name_of_function():
Keyword telling
Python this is a
function.
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def name_of_function():
You decide on the
function name. Notice
“snake casing”
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def name_of_function():
Snake casing is all lowercase
with underscores between
words
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def name_of_function():
Parenthesis at the end. Later
on we can pass in
arguments/parameters into the
function.
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def name_of_function():
A colon indicates an upcoming
indented block. Everything
indented is then “inside” the
function
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def name_of_function():
’’’
Docstring explains
function.
’’’
Optional: Multi-line string to
describe function.
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def name_of_function():
’’’
Docstring explains
function.
’’’
Note: Everything
inside the function is
indented
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def name_of_function():
’’’
Docstring explains
function.
’’’
Code then goes inside
the function.
print(“Hello”)
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def name_of_function():
’’’
Docstring explains
function.
’’’
print(“Hello”)
Function can then be
executed/called to
see the result.
>> name_of_function()
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def name_of_function():
’’’
Docstring explains
function.
’’’
print(“Hello”)
Resulting Output
>> name_of_function()
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def name_of_function(name):
’’’
Docstring explains function.
’’’
print(“Hello
”+name)
Functions can accept
arguments to be
>> name_of_function(“Jose”) passed by the user.
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def name_of_function(name):
’’’
Docstring explains function.
’’’
print(“Hello
”+name)
Functions can accept
arguments to be
>> name_of_function(“Jose”) passed by the user.
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● Typically we use the return keyword to
send back the result of the function,
instead of just printing it out.
● return allows us to assign the output of
the function to a new variable.
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● We will have a deeper discussion of the
return keyword later on in the
notebook.
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def add_function(num1,num2):
return
num1+num2
Return allows to save
the result to a
>> result = add_function(1,2) variable.
>>
>> print(result)
>> 3
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def add_function(num1,num2):
return
num1+num2
Most functions will
use return. Rarely will
>> result = add_function(1,2) a function only print()
>>
>> print(result)
>> 3
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● Let’s start creating functions with
Python.
Basic Functions
The return Statement
Functions with Logic
Interactions Between
Functions
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● Typically a python script or notebook
contains several functions interacting
with each other.
● Let’s create a few functions to mimic the
carnival guessing game “Three Cup
Monte”
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● Our simple game won’t actually show
the cups or ball, instead we will simply
mimic the effect with a Python list.
● Our simple version will also not show the
shuffle to the user, so the guess is
completely random.
Function Practice
Problems
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● Learning functions increases your Python
skills exponentially.
● This also means that the difficulties of
problems you can solve also increases
drastically.
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● Let’s get some practice with converting
problem statements into Python code.
● We’ll go through a series of Function
Practice Exercises.
● After this lecture we will go through the
solutions.
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● There are two options for this material:
○ Try out the exercises yourself, then
go through the solutions.
○ Treat the solutions as a code-along
lecture for more guided practice.
Function Practice
Problems Solutions
Level 2
Methods and
Functions
HOMEWORK OVERVIEW
Methods and
Functions
HOMEWORK SOLUTIONS
Lambda Expressions
Map and Filter
*args and **kwargs
