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defining function in python

What is the output of this code? def func(x): res = 0 for i in range(x): res += i return res print(func(4))

26th Dec 2018, 6:41 AM
Nitesh Kumar
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Nitesh Kumar Oh sorry, my mistake. So the number 4 is passed to the "func" function and in there the is a "res" var set to 0. range(x) is now range(4) which means "more or equal than 0 but less than 4". So the loop begins and 0 is added to res (res = 0 + 0 = 0), the loop continues and 1 is added to res (res = 0 + 1 = 1), then 2... (res = 1 + 2 = 3) and finally 3... (res = 3 + 3 = 6). Once "i = 4" it is now outside of the defined range so the loop is exited. The value of res (6) is returned by the function where func(4) originally was, so: print(func(4)); evalutes to... print(6); and 6 is printed.
26th Dec 2018, 7:02 AM
LynTon
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6... But you could have just run this in the Sololearn's development environment to see that... https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/1316935/?ref=app or look at the Python tutorial...
26th Dec 2018, 6:48 AM
LynTon
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but i didnt get how 6 would be printed
26th Dec 2018, 6:53 AM
Nitesh Kumar
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