Learning how to define a function in Python is one of the most important steps to mastering the language. Functions are blocks of code that perform a specific task and can be “called” from any point ...

In that example, we define an anonymous function that "multiplies" its argument by seven, then call it with an argument of six. But, of course, Python has overloaded the multiplication operation, so: ...

The sense of unease encountered while reading practical codeWhile reading actual Python code this time, I encountered a structure that is difficult to grasp just by looking at it as simple 'function ...