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"**Note**: Click on \"*Kernel*\" > \"*Restart Kernel and Run All*\" in [JupyterLab](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) *after* finishing the exercises to ensure that your solution runs top to bottom *without* any errors. If you cannot run this file on your machine, you may want to open it [in the cloud <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_mb.png\">](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/webartifex/intro-to-python/develop?urlpath=lab/tree/07_sequences/04_exercises.ipynb)."
"**Note**: Click on \"*Kernel*\" > \"*Restart Kernel and Run All*\" in [JupyterLab](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) *after* finishing the exercises to ensure that your solution runs top to bottom *without* any errors. If you cannot run this file on your machine, you may want to open it [in the cloud <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_mb.png\">](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/webartifex/intro-to-python/main?urlpath=lab/tree/07_sequences/04_exercises.ipynb)."
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"The exercises below assume that you have read the [third part <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/develop/07_sequences/03_content.ipynb) of Chapter 7.\n",
"The exercises below assume that you have read the [third part <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/main/07_sequences/03_content.ipynb) of Chapter 7.\n",
"\n",
"The `...`'s in the code cells indicate where you need to fill in code snippets. The number of `...`'s within a code cell give you a rough idea of how many lines of code are needed to solve the task. You should not need to create any additional code cells for your final solution. However, you may want to use temporary code cells to try out some ideas."
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"In the \"*Function Definitions & Calls*\" section in [Chapter 7 <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/develop/07_sequences/03_content.ipynb#Function-Definitions-&-Calls), we define the following function `product()`. In this exercise, you will improve it by making it more \"user-friendly.\""
"In the \"*Function Definitions & Calls*\" section in [Chapter 7 <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/main/07_sequences/03_content.ipynb#Function-Definitions-&-Calls), we define the following function `product()`. In this exercise, you will improve it by making it more \"user-friendly.\""
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"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
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"In [Chapter 7 <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/develop/07_sequences/00_content.ipynb#Function-Definitions-&-Calls), we also pass a `list` object, like `one_hundred`, to `product()`, and *no* exception is raised."
"In [Chapter 7 <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/main/07_sequences/00_content.ipynb#Function-Definitions-&-Calls), we also pass a `list` object, like `one_hundred`, to `product()`, and *no* exception is raised."
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"**Q3**: What is wrong with that? What *kind* of error (cf., [Chapter 1 <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/develop/01_elements/00_content.ipynb#Formal-vs.-Natural-Languages)) is that conceptually? Describe precisely what happens to the passed in `one_hundred` in every line within `product()`!"
"**Q3**: What is wrong with that? What *kind* of error (cf., [Chapter 1 <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/main/01_elements/00_content.ipynb#Formal-vs.-Natural-Languages)) is that conceptually? Describe precisely what happens to the passed in `one_hundred` in every line within `product()`!"
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"**Q7**: Rewrite `product()` so that it takes a *keyword-only* argument `start`, defaulting to the above *default* or *start* value, and use `start` internally instead of `result`!\n",
"\n",
"Hint: Remember that a *keyword-only* argument is any parameter specified in a function's header line after the first and only `*` (cf., [Chapter 2 <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/develop/02_functions/00_content.ipynb#Keyword-only-Arguments))."
"Hint: Remember that a *keyword-only* argument is any parameter specified in a function's header line after the first and only `*` (cf., [Chapter 2 <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/main/02_functions/00_content.ipynb#Keyword-only-Arguments))."
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"**Side Note**: Above, we make `product()` work with a single *collection* type argument instead of a *sequence* type to keep it more generic: For example, we can pass in a `set` object, like `{2, 5, 10}` below, and `product()` continues to work correctly. The `set` type is introducted in [Chapter 9 <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/develop/09_mappings/00_content.ipynb#The-set-Type), and one essential difference to the `list` type is that objects of type `set` have *no* order regarding their elements. So, even though `[2, 5, 10]` and `{2, 5, 10}` look almost the same, the order implied in the literal notation gets lost in memory!"
"**Side Note**: Above, we make `product()` work with a single *collection* type argument instead of a *sequence* type to keep it more generic: For example, we can pass in a `set` object, like `{2, 5, 10}` below, and `product()` continues to work correctly. The `set` type is introducted in [Chapter 9 <img height=\"12\" style=\"display: inline-block\" src=\"../static/link/to_nb.png\">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/main/09_mappings/00_content.ipynb#The-set-Type), and one essential difference to the `list` type is that objects of type `set` have *no* order regarding their elements. So, even though `[2, 5, 10]` and `{2, 5, 10}` look almost the same, the order implied in the literal notation gets lost in memory!"
]
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