As it's time for my morning coffee (the coffee not the biscuits), it's as good a time as any to share my one of my favourite #programming analogies
_(narrated from a #Python-viewpoint but general enough for #coding in general)_
**The Coffee Machine - Function analogy**
Let's make some coffee…
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A function is like a coffee machine
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It needs inputs to work (arguments):
— water
— electricity
— ground coffee beans (or pods if so inclined)
You can choose to put different blends of coffee into your machine (choice of what argument to pass to function)
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You press the "On" button—this is equivalent to calling the function.
You can almost see the similarity between the typical "On" button and the parentheses ( ) used to call a function in Python!
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