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Built-in vs User-defined Functions

6.7 - Built-in vs User-defined Functions

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a built-in function? Give an example.

💡 Hint: Think of the functions that you can use without defining them.

Question 2 Easy

What keyword do we use to define our own functions?

💡 Hint: It's the first part of creating a function.

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Question 1

Which of the following is a built-in function in Python?

define()
print()
customFunc()

💡 Hint: Consider functions that are already part of Python.

Question 2

True or False: User-defined functions must be declared using the keyword 'def'.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember how we create functions in Python.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a user-defined function that takes a list of numbers and returns the largest number from that list.

💡 Hint: Think about built-in functions that can assist you!

Challenge 2 Hard

Write a function that accepts two strings and checks if they are anagrams of each other.

💡 Hint: Consider how to manipulate and compare strings to fulfill the condition.

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