function, parameters, keyword arguments

• container for a few lines of codes that perform a specific task
• parameters are used to pass information to funtion

def greet_user(name):
    print(f'Hi {name}!')


print('Start')
greet_user('John')

• when a function has a parameter, we are obligated to pass a value to that parameter

• parameters are the holes or place holders that we define in a function to receive information. Arguments are the actual pieces of information that we supply to this function.

• positional argument: their position or order are important; keyword argument: their order doesn’t matter.

• keyword argument can improve readability.

• keyword arguments should always come after the position arguments

def greet_user(first_name, last_name):
    print(f'Hi {first_name} {last_name}!')


print('Start')
greet_user(last_name = 'Moira', first_name = 'Chen')

• return statement: return values to the callers
• by default, all the functions return None( None is an object that represent the absence of a value
• function should not worry about input and printing

def emojis_converter(message):
    words = message.split(" ")
    emojis = {
        ":)": "🙂",
        ":(": "😟"
    }
    output = ''
    for word in words:
        output += emojis.get(word, word) + ' '
    return output
    

message = input("> ")
result = emojis_converter(message)
print(result)