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    "### <center>San Jose State University<br>Department of Applied Data Science<br><br>**DATA 200<br>Computational Programming for Data Analytics**<br><br>Spring 2023<br>Instructor: Ron Mak</center>"
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    "# 4.2 Defining Functions"
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    "#### You've already used some of Python's built-in functions such as `print()`, `int()`, `float()`, `len()`, and `input()`. To distinguish a variable name from a function name, we'll put an empty set of parentheses `()` after a function name, no matter how many parameters the function has."
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    "### Defining a Custom Function"
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    "#### We can define our own user-defined custom functions. For example, here we define function `square()` which has one parameter named `number`. It returns the square of the value of `number`."
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    "def square(number):\n",
    "    \"\"\"Calculate the square of number.\"\"\"\n",
    "    return number ** 2"
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    "#### Here are examples of how to call `square()` and display its return value:"
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    "square(7)"
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    "square(2.5)"
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    "print('The square of 7 is', square(7))"
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    "### Returning a Result to a Function’s Caller"
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    "#### Use the `return` statement to immediately return a value to the function's caller. \n",
    "- If there is no expression after the `return` keyword, the function returns the value `None`.\n",
    "- If a function completes its execution without executing a `return` statement, the function also returns `None`."
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    "### Specifying a Custom Function’s Docstring "
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    "#### Be Pythonic! The first thing after the function header should be a triple-quoted **docstring** that explains:\n",
    "- The purpose of the function. What does it do?\n",
    "- What each of its parameters are.\n",
    "- What does it return.\n",
    "#### The docstring can be one or more lines."
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   "source": [
    "### Accessing a Function’s Docstring Via IPython’s Help Mechanism "
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    "square?"
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    "square??"
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    "#### **EXERCISE:** Define a function `square_root()` that has one parameter and returns the square root of the parameter's value. What is the square root of `6.25`?"
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   "source": [
    "# Additional material (C) Copyright 2023 by Ronald Mak"
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