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Python Python Basics (2015) Python for Beginners Call a function

catherine paris
catherine paris
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Posted by catherine paris
catherine paris
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Function definition

The code challenge referred to print() as a function. But I thought functions had to look like: def codeChallenge (): print("blah") and then be called later on????

So how is print() a function???

2 Answers

Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
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Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
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Hi Catherine,

what you mean is the syntax with which functions are defined in Python. You define a function with 

def function():

, but you call it with function(). In this sense, print() is no different, as you do not define it again but call it.

catherine paris
catherine paris
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catherine paris
catherine paris
2,705 Points

ok so print is a function that already exists in Python therefore it doesn't need to be defined. All the user has to do is call it in order to use it. Is explanation correct???