（Datacamp）从零开始学python（6）——Define Functions &Default Arguments &Variable Scope&Nested Function

Define a function

 def square(value):
 ...: new_value = value ** 2
 ...: return new_value

Docstring(描述函数作用)

三个引号 ‘’‘xxxxxxx’’’ (在function header 和function body 之间 )

def square(value):
 ...: """Return the square of a value."""
 ...: new_value = value ** 2
 ...: return new_value

实例

# Import pandas
import pandas as pd

# Import Twitter data as DataFrame: df
df = pd.read_csv('tweets.csv')

# Initialize an empty dictionary: langs_count
langs_count = {}

# Extract column from DataFrame: col
col = df['lang']

# Iterate over lang column in DataFrame
for entry in col :

    # If the language is in langs_count, add 1
    if entry in langs_count.keys():
        langs_count[entry]=langs_count[entry] +1
    # Else add the language to langs_count, set the value t