As mentioned earlier, parameters are the information that need to be passed to the function for it to do its work. Although parameters are also commonly referred to as arguments, arguments are thought of more as the actual values or references assigned to the parameter variables when a function is called at runtime. In simpler terms, arguments are to functions as ingredients are to a recipe.
Python supports several types of arguments; namely:
Required arguments
Keyword arguments
Default arguments
A variable number of arguments
Required arguments are the types of arguments that have to be present when calling a function. These types of arguments also need to be in the correct order for the function to work as expected.
Consider the following code snippet:
def division(first, second): return first/second
You have to pass the arguments first and second for the function to work. You also have to pass the arguments in the correct order, as switching them will yield...