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Re: function code snippet that has function calls I have never seen before. How does it work.

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On Sat, 03 Oct 2015 10:40:57 -0700, Ronald Cosentino wrote:

> def funA(x,y,z):
>     return (x+y) * z
> def funB(x,y):
>     return(x-y)
> print(funA(4,funB(2,3), funB(3,2)))
> 
> the answer is 3. I don't know how it works.

def funA(x, y, z):
    return (x+y) * z

def funB(x, y):
    return (x-y)

# this line
# print(funA(4,funB(2,3), funB(3,2)))
# can be written as the following 4 lines:

a = funB(2, 3) # 2 - 3 -> -1

b = funB(3, 2) # 3 - 2 -> 1

c = funA(4, a, b) # (4 + -1) * 1 -> 3

print(c) # 3

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Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com

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function code snippet that has function calls I have never seen before. How does it work. Ronald Cosentino <ronjc.2001@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 10:40 -0700
  RE: function code snippet that has function calls I have never seen before. How does it work. "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 11:03 -0700
  Re: function code snippet that has function calls I have never seen before. How does it work. Ervin Hegedüs <airween@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 20:09 +0200
  Re: function code snippet that has function calls I have never seen before. How does it work. Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 19:59 +0000
  Re: function code snippet that has function calls I have never seen before. How does it work. Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-10-05 00:42 +1100

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