Functions

Question 1

A block of code designed to perform a specific task

Answer 1

Function

Question 2

Every function contains two pieces - what are they called?

Answer 2

Header & body

Question 3

What does the keyword ‘return’ tell Python?

Answer 3

We are about to exit a function

Question 4

A header specifies what?

Answer 4

Name of function & its arguments

Question 5

The body specifies what?

Answer 5

The work that the function does

Question 6

Every function header begins with what?

Answer 6

def

Question 7

For every function, the parenthesis enclosing the function argument(s) must be followed by what

Answer 7

A colon :

Question 8

Every line of code must be indented by how many spaces?

Answer 8

Four

Question 9

What is the final line of code called?

Answer 9

Return statement

Question 10

Running the function is the same as saying what?

Answer 10

Calling the function

Question 11

What is the goal when coding?

Answer 11

Write as little as possible

Question 12

What function would you use if you forgot what something does?

Answer 12

Help()

e.g help(round)

Question 13

When you write a function and provide a description what is that called?

Answer 13

Docstring

Question 14

When you call help() on a function, what will it show?

Answer 14

Docstring

Question 15

Good programmers use what?

Answer 15

Docstrings

Question 16

What does this mean ‘\n’?

Answer 16

New line

Question 17

What does sep do?

Answer 17

It adds a separator between strings to be printed

Question 18

What does the keyword “pass” do?

Answer 18

Literally nothing. It’s a placeholder bc after we begin a code block, Python requires at least one line of code

Question 19

What does ndigits=-1 round to?

Answer 19

The nearest 10

Question 20

What does ndigit=-2 round to?

Answer 20

The nearest 100

Question 21

How can you comment & uncomment all at once?

Answer 21

Highlight then press ctrl + /

Question 22

What is the purpose of a function?

Answer 22

Allows to not have to continually write code over and over again

Question 23

What is a way to store code that should only run when your file is executed as a script

Answer 23

if __name__ == “__main__”

Question 24

This allows you to execute code when the file runs as a script, but not when it’s imported as a module

Answer 24

if __name__ == “__main__”

Question 25

What is the difference between returning and printing?

Answer 25

When you return something, you can set it equal to another variable and that way you call the results in that variable

Printing is just printing the value