Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.042 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.02; 'tutorial': 0.03; 'subject:help': 0.08; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'toolkit': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; "children's": 0.16; 'finney': 0.16; 'grasp': 0.16; 'helps!': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'url:tutor': 0.16; 'example': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'question': 0.24; 'help!': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'function': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'end,': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'basic': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'functions.': 0.36; 'received:com.au': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'doing': 0.36; 'next': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'ben': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'hope': 0.61; 'free': 0.61; 'forum': 0.61; 'url:3': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'times': 0.62; 'our': 0.64; 'teaching': 0.64; 'telling': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'skip:\xe2 10': 0.65; 'techniques': 0.66; 'lives': 0.74; 'walk': 0.74; 'received:125': 0.84; 'twelve': 0.84; '\xe2\x80\x9cwe': 0.84; '8bit%:33': 0.91; 'thoroughly': 0.91; 'scott': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: Functions help Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:59:15 +1100 References: <9E019BD7-4C9D-4DED-A626-22BF474CC7F8@cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: vmx15867.hosting24.com.au X-Public-Key-ID: 0xBD41714B X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 9CFE 12B0 791A 4267 887F 520C B7AC 2E51 BD41 714B X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-gpg.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gNpQJBITtvdW8CJ8NzgIMD8cxFU= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1393142369 news.xs4all.nl 2896 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:37558 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:66922 Scott W Dunning writes: > I had a question regarding functions. Is there a way to call a > function multiple times without recalling it over and over. You should ask question like this on the “python-tutor” forum. I say that because this question suggests you have yet to learn about basic Python features like loops. My recommendation is that you work your way thoroughly through the Python tutorial , doing each example and experimenting to understand it before progressing. By the end, you will have a much more comprehensive grasp of the basics of Python, and have a toolkit of concepts and techniques for addressing questions like the above. > Thanks for any help! Hope that helps! Feel free to ask for help on the Tutor forum . -- \ “We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives | `\ teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve years | _o__) telling them to sit down and shut up.” —Phyllis Diller | Ben Finney