Bringing it all together

Introduction to Functions in Python

Hugo Bowne-Anderson

Instructor

What you have learned:

How to write functions
- Accept multiple parameters
- Return multiple values
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Basic ingredients of a function

Function Header

def raise_both(value1, value2):

Function body

    """Raise value1 to the power of value2
    and vice versa."""

    new_value1 = value1 ** value2          
    new_value2 = value2 ** value1

    new_tuple = (new_value1, new_value2)

    return new_tuple

Let's practice!

Introduction to Functions in Python