Python - Functions

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#

# Example file for working with functions

# (For Python 3.x, be sure to use the ExampleSnippets3.txt file)

# define a function

def func1():

print "I am a function"

# function that takes arguments

def func2(arg1, arg2):

print arg1, " ", arg2

# function that returns a value

def cube(x):

return x*x*x

# function with default value for an argument

def power(num, x=1):

result = 1;

for i in range(x):

result = result * num

return result

#function with variable number of arguments

def multi_add(*args):

result = 0;

for x in args:

result = result + x

return result

func1()

print func1()

print func1

func2(10,20)

print func2(10,20)

print cube(3)

print power(2)

print power(2,3)

print power(x=3, num=2)

print multi_add(4,5,10,4)