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* Functions are sort of like functions in math class. You provide input to a function and it produces output. The <code>type</code> function takes data as an input, and produces what type of data the data is (e.g. an integer or a float) as output. |
* Functions are sort of like functions in math class. You provide input to a function and it produces output. The <code>type</code> function takes data as an input, and produces what type of data the data is (e.g. an integer or a float) as output. |
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* To use a function, write the name of the function followed by an open parenthesis, what the function takes as input (we call that input the <b>arguments</b> to the function), and then a close parenthesis. |
* To use a function, write the name of the function, followed by an open parenthesis, then what the function takes as input (we call that input the <b>arguments</b> to the function), and then a close parenthesis. |
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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. |
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. |
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