Functions

Question 1

what is the purpose of a function?

Answer 1

to encapsulate a portion of your program so that it can be called without the need to know exactly how the function does its job

Question 2

what is the purpose of a docstring?

Answer 2

to tell a programmer everything they need to know in order to successfully call your function

Question 3

what is the difference between arguments and parameters?

Answer 3

parameters tell you what the function needs; arguments are the specific values that you give the function in any particular instance