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Example of how functions interpret arguments
def example_function(argument1, argument2):
'''
The function takes whatever is given to it as argument1 and argument2.
It then assigns the values it was given to the variables argument1 and argument2.
'''
print('argument1 is ' + str(argument1))
print('argument2 is ' + str(argument2))
print("I'll now call the function with the values 2 and 135. \n")
example_function(2, 135)
print("Now I'll give it two variables that are named 'tom' and 'bob'. \n"
"They have the values 'string' and 19782.075.")
tom = 'string'
bob = 19782.075
example_function(tom, bob)
# Run this script and see what happens!
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