> > The "answer" to each function is then used in the next function.
> > I can think of two ways to make that answer available ...
> > 1) pass it in, or
> > 2) declare it as self.answer
Thank you Alan, Kent, and Dave. Full agreement, and it makes sense
to me. (Maybe this is also an example
Che M wrote:
This is another very basic structural question, related to one I asked last
week, and again is not necessarily germane only to Python.
Let's say you have a sequence of two calculations or manipulations you need to do, each
one done as a function called by an overall calculate_some
"Che M" wrote
Let's say you have a sequence of two calculations ...each one
done as a function called by an overall calculate_something() function.
The "answer" to each function is then used in the next function.
I can think of two ways to make that answer available ...
1) pass it in, or
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Che M wrote:
> 1.Pass the variable to the second function.
>
> def calculate_something(self):
> answer = self.do_first_calculation() #1st function returns answer
> self.do_second_calculation(answer) #2nd is passed answer and uses it.
>
> 2. Create the
