Python Function Calling

 

We have two functions set up at the top of our code from the previous lesson. We have been calling them both from the main programming thread:

error_message()

additionTotal = addition(3, 5, True)

But in Python, as in most other programming languages, you can call one function from inside another one. For example, we can call the error_message function from the addition function. You call it in the normal way: just use its name:

def addition(first_number, second_number, add_ten=False):
   if first_number == 0:
      error_message()
      exit()

   if add_ten is True:
      answer = first_number + second_number + 10
   else:
      answer = first_number + second_number
   return answer

Here, we've added an If Statement to check the value of first_number. If it's zero, then we call the error_message function and exit the program.

We'll discuss one more thing about functions, before we move on, and that's scope.

Function Scope >

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