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Python videos | Python Part 12a - Functions
Posted by Andy Brown on 25 October 2021
Instead of writing your code in a single long file you can (and should) call separate functions to handle discrete tasks. In addition to all the modules supplied by third parties, this tutorial shows you how to create your own libraries of useful functions.
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This video has the following accompanying files:
| File name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Action.csv | CSV file | CSV file of action films |
| Animation.csv | CSV file | CSV file of animation films |
| Comedy.csv | CSV file | CSV file of comedy films |
| Musical.csv | CSV file | CSV file of musicals films |
| Science fiction.csv | CSV file | CSV file of science fiction films |
| Get duration function.py | Python code | Get film duration in human readable format |
| Read CSV file.py | Python code | Read in a CSV file of films |
| Get film age.py | Python code | Get the age of a film |
| WOL_functions.py | Python code | Module containing all functions written |
| Complete example.py | Python code | Bringing all other functions together |
| Doc strings.py | Python code | Example of document strings |
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You can also download the answers to each exercise from the links above.
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