parametre default python code example

Example 1: how to set a default parameter in python

def my_function(num1,num2=0):		#if num2 is not given, it will default it to zero
  return num1 + num2

print(my_function(1,2))				#prints out 3
print(my_function(4))				#prints out 4 since num2 got defaulted to 0

Example 2: how to provide default value for paprametersin python

# Default Parameter Value
# The following example shows how to use a default parameter value.

# If we call the function without argument, it uses the default value:

######################## EXAMPLE ########################################

def function(parameter = "default value"):
  print("some group of words " + parameter)

function("string")
function("someother string")
function()

####################### OUTPUT ##########################################

some group of words string
some group of words some other string
some group of words default value