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So in this case 'type' is the name of the function, and it takes one argument; in the example we first give <code>type</code> an argument of 1 and then give it an argument of 1.0.
 
* Functions are a lot like functions in math class. You provide input to a function, and it possibly produces output. The 'type' function takes data as an input, and produceproduces what type of data the data is (e.g. an integer or a float) as output.
 
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