Functions

Question 1

Function to convert a letter to its underlying ASCII

Answer 1

ord(“a”)

Question 2

Function to convert an integer to its corresponding ASCII

Answer 2

chr(7)

Question 3

Common functions

Answer 3

len()
str()
print ()
int ()

Question 4

Parameters and arguments

Answer 4

Parameters are a piece of input that the function expects, while arguments are the actual pieces of input a specific function call receives.

So, a ‘multiply’ function would potentially expect two numbers: those are the parameters. If I call ‘multiply’ with the two numbers 7 and 2 are arguments. It would then return the output, 14.

Question 5

def currencyAmount(currency, amount)
….
….
print(currencyAmount(“GBP”,5)

Answer 5

Parameters: currency, amount
Arguments: “GBP”, 5

Question 6

What finish the function execution?

Answer 6

return value

Question 7

Return None

Answer 7

If a function doesn’t otherwise return anything, it return None

Question 8

Keyword parameters sep end

Answer 8

print(“A”, “B”, “C”, sep = “”, end = “”)
print(“D”, “E”, “F”, sep = “”, end = “”)

ABCDEF

Question 9

Keyword parameters 2

Answer 9

print(“A”, “B”, “C”, sep = “#”, end = “?”)
print (“D”, “E”, “F”, sep = “%”, end = “!”)

A#B#C#?D%E%F!