Practice Redefining Functions (24.4) - Function definitions - Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Redefining Functions

Practice - Redefining Functions

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a default value in a function?

💡 Hint: Think about parameters that have a pre-set value.

Question 2 Easy

How can arguments be passed to a function?

💡 Hint: Remember the order in which parameters are defined.

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Question 1

What type of argument allows you to specify only the values you want to provide?

Positional
Default
Named

💡 Hint: Think about how functions let you specify parameters.

Question 2

True or False: Default argument values can change dynamically each time you call a function.

True
False

💡 Hint: Reflect on when arguments are assigned values.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Define a Python function that calculates factorial, using named parameters with default values. Test the function with different inputs.

💡 Hint: Think about how recursion works.

Challenge 2 Hard

Compose a function that sorts a list of strings first by length and then alphabetically, using a custom compare function.

💡 Hint: Consider how to define comparison criteria.

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