
Explore how to use and define functions in Python programming, including built-in, user-defined, lambda, and recursive functions, and how to call them using global and local variables.
Explore patterns of coding in Python programming: sequential execution, conditional statements (if, elif, else), iterations with loops, and storing code as functions for reuse.
Functions in Python improve code reliability, enable reuse across programs, ease error tracing, and reduce duplicate instructions; learn about function basics and function types.
Learn how functions in Python organize code as reusable blocks that perform specific tasks, accept inputs, produce outputs, and can be called multiple times to avoid repetition.
The lecture covers built-in, user-defined, lambda (anonymous), and recursive functions in Python, including how lambda functions are defined and how recursion allows a function to call itself.
Learn to define and call functions in Python using def, including naming, parameters, and docstrings; structure the function body with proper indentation and optional return values.
Define a function with expected parameters, call it correctly, and trace how control jumps to the function and returns to the caller, including nested calls.
Define a function with def, name hello, no parameters, print welcome messages inside, and call the function using hello() to display the output.
Define and call multiple Python functions to add and subtract two numbers using user input and parameters, demonstrating how the call order determines execution.
Explore global and local variables, their scope and lifetimes, and see how a global variable updates inside a function while local variables remain confined to their function.
In any programming language, we write program to perform particular task or to solve problem. But what if whenever we want to perform that task again and again ? or if we have large program but not necessary to execute all instructions of the program at run time. Then we can divide that large program into small blocks that is known as a functions. A function is a block of organized and reusable program code that performs a single, specific and well defined task. After creating function, just call that function whenever you need to perform that task.
So, in this course participant will learn functions using python programming.
Topics will be discussed in this course are as follows:
What is need of function ?
Function
Types of Function: Built-in Function, User-defined Function, Lambda Function, Recursive Function
Function Definition
Function Calling
Variable scope and Lifetime
Functions are used because of following reasons:
To improve the readability of code.
Improves the re-usability of the code, same function can be used in any program rather than writing the same code from scratch.
Debugging of the code will be easier if you use functions, as errors can be easily traced.
Reduces the lines / size of the code.
Those who are interested in learning programming concepts, can enroll for this course.