Practice Function Nesting (33.7.2) - Global scope, nested functions - Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Function Nesting

Practice - Function Nesting

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a nested function?

💡 Hint: Think about where the function is defined.

Question 2 Easy

Explain the concept of scope in programming.

💡 Hint: It's related to where you can access variables.

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Question 1

What is a nested function?

A function defined outside another function
A function defined inside another function
A function that calls itself

💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between two functions.

Question 2

True or False: Nested functions can access global variables.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider where the variables are coming from.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Create a nested function structure that calculates the area of a circle and a square. The outer function should take the radius and square side as parameters.

💡 Hint: What formulas would you use for each shape?

Challenge 2 Hard

Using closures, create a series of nested functions that retain a counter and allow incrementing and displaying the counter value.

💡 Hint: Think about how the inner function can access the outer function's variable.

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