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By the end of this course, you'll have a solid grasp of how important functions are in Python, no matter your field in computer science. We'll cover creating functions, defining arguments, handling return values, and exploring their use in Python.

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What is Function in Python?

Now we will consider what a function in Python and some basic techniques used to create functions is: what are the arguments of the function, what is the return value of the function, what is the body of the function, and how to use the function in the code.

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Positional and Optional Arguments

Python is a fairly flexible language in terms of creating functions. This is especially true in setting function arguments - there are several different types of function arguments, and you can choose any of them depending on the problem you are solving. Let's now take a closer look at them.

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Arbitrary Arguments

This section of the Python course covers `*args` and `**kwargs`, which allow you to handle variable numbers of positional and keyword arguments in functions. `*args` lets you pass any number of positional arguments, making functions more flexible. `**kwargs` allows you to pass any number of keyword arguments as a dictionary, which facilitates handling complex data structures efficiently.

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What is Function in Python?

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Positional and Optional Arguments

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Arbitrary Arguments

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Function Return Value Specification

The return value of a function is the direct result of the execution of the function, which we can use in the program. There are several types of function return values - now we will consider the most commonly used.

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Recursion and Lambda Functions

Now it's time to consider additional topics to help make your functions more flexible and solve more complicated tasks. You will understand recursion, lambda functions, and some basics principles of writing effective and maintainable functions.

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Ruslan Kravchuk

The main thing is to learn and not give up

The material is good, there is a lot to learn, all in order to become better and the main thing is to learn what you want....

Matteo Comune

Thanks to them I'm learning a lot…

Thanks to them I'm learning a lot faster because they help you to understand everything from scratch. It's the best website that helps people with no background in IT...

Yuliana Cadavid

great course for beginners

great course for beginners, they test your knowledge in every lesson...

Elpunzon

I am enjoying my Codefinity experience…

I am enjoying my Codefinity experience learning Python. The self-paced way of learning is great because I can fit it into my schedule...

Alexandru Alexandru

Is nice to learn from codefinity

Is nice to learn from codefinity. Its easy and have good examples on what I learned here...

jacob Templet

Easy to follow along with and provides…

Easy to follow along with and provides challenge in my every day life. The challenge keeps me wanting to learn day after day...

Elan

Codefinity is a comprehensive learning…

Codefinity is a comprehensive learning tool to help you develop your skills as a software engineer or data scientist. The exercises are fun and a good way to sharpen your skills...

Thibault

First time learning how to code

First time learning how to code and successfully doing so with codefinity - thank you...

Adrien Morel

Well designed for total beginners

Well designed for total beginners, incremental progress and makes me feel confident....

_Gracy

it's simply perfectly well explained

it's simply perfectly well explained! so far I have not experienced any difficulty because everything is so well managed...

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