Quick and Painless Tutorial (cont)

 def hello_func(n = "beautiful"): 
     """ this is a doc string """
     print "hello %s world" % (n)

 # functions can be renamed and assigned to 
 f = hello_func
 f = None

 # functions can be called with keyword arguments
 def f(a, b):...
 f(a = 1, b = 2)

 def cheesehop(kind, *arguments, **keyword):...
 # kind is a regular parameter
 # *arguments is a tuple of parameters
 # **keyword is a dictionary of keyword:value

 # more on lists:
 append, extend, insert, remove, pop, index, count, sort, reverse
 # list comprehensions
 [x for x in range(4) if x < 2]