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Can i do function overloading in python like java?

25th Nov 2018, 4:32 AM
Maninder $ingh
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I don't think so. Only the last definition of the function would be used. But we could define one function that takes, for example, 1, 2, or 3 arguments--like the built-in range().
25th Nov 2018, 4:51 AM
Kishalaya Saha
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25th Nov 2018, 1:18 PM
Sarvesh Yadav
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Okay, thanks Sarvesh! That's what I alluded to in my first comment in this post. But despite having similar effect, it's not exactly the same as function overloading in Java--which, as far as I know, refers to having more than one function with the same name and typically similar job but different number/type of arguments. Here you have just one function.
25th Nov 2018, 1:36 PM
Kishalaya Saha
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I have studied only this way of function overloading in python
25th Nov 2018, 1:42 PM
Sarvesh Yadav
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Nice, but that's not function overloading, even though it gives you the same result.
26th Nov 2018, 4:34 AM
Chris
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Yes ,can be done
25th Nov 2018, 11:25 AM
Sarvesh Yadav
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Sarvesh ✓ , would you mind giving an example? Thanks.
25th Nov 2018, 12:46 PM
Kishalaya Saha
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