The good news is that Python makes it very simple to define functions. That’s because Python uses a very nice syntax that looks extremely similar to English. To define a function, we simply use ...

A superset of Python that compiles to C, Cython combines the ease of Python with the speed of native code. Here's a quick guide to making the most of Cython in your Python programs.

Improve your Python testing even more. In my last two articles, I introduced pytest, a library for testing Python code (see "Testing Your Code with Python's pytest" Part I and Part II). pytest has ...

Quarto includes two easy-to-use, one-line functions to hand off data from Python or R for use in JavaScript. It’s fairly simple to combine the results from code written in multiple languages ...

Some functions are Boolean in nature, returning a “yes” or “no” answer, or, more appropriately, a non-zero or zero value, respectively. Procedures are simply special cases, functions that do not ...

An example of a function in a program is a sum function. Here’s a simple implementation: define a function named sum that takes two arguments. Call it using variables a and b: int a = 5; int b ...