Pedro Graca wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>My version is similar to Just one:
>>
>>from random import shuffle
>>
>>def scramble_text(text):
>> """Return the words in input text string scrambled
>> except for the first and last letter."""
>> def scramble_word(word):
>
>
> Nice. You can have functions inside functions.
> However I think scramble_word() deserves being a callable function by
> itself.
>
> Can a "sub-function" be called directly from outside the defining
> function?
>
"directly", no, but since Python's functions are objects, you can return
a function from another function. The nice thing is that the inner
function will carry it's environnement along (it's called a "closure").
def make_adder(add_val=1):
def adder(num):
return num + add_val
return adder
add1 = make_adder()
add1(42)
add42 = make_adder(42)
add42(3)
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