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Quote:btw, the reason i wrote the function within a while True loop is because i wanted it to keep repeating....is there a different way to make it (repeating) ?
That is not how functions work. A function executes each time it is called. For example, the function fibo() never executes in this code:
for _ in range(1000000):

    def fibo(count):
        print(count)
Run the program and it doesn't print anything. The code inside fibo() never executes because there is no code that calls the function.

In this example fibo() is called 10 times
def fibo(count):
    print(count)

for i in range(10):
    fibo(i)
It is difficult to believe that you did any research on how to write a function. I googed "how to write a python function", read the first 10 responses (did not watch videos), and every one contains this information in some form:
Quote:A function is a block of code which only runs when it is called.

You can pass data, known as parameters, into a function.

A function can return data as a result.
Your function example does none of these.
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first function - by astral_travel - Nov-12-2022, 06:49 PM
RE: first function - by deanhystad - Nov-13-2022, 05:36 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-13-2022, 06:20 PM
RE: first function - by ndc85430 - Nov-13-2022, 06:33 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-13-2022, 07:17 PM
RE: first function - by ndc85430 - Nov-13-2022, 08:37 PM
RE: first function - by deanhystad - Nov-15-2022, 04:45 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-13-2022, 08:40 PM
RE: first function - by deanhystad - Nov-13-2022, 08:59 PM
RE: first function - by Pedroski55 - Nov-13-2022, 11:48 PM
RE: first function - by snippsat - Nov-14-2022, 12:50 AM
RE: first function - by jefsummers - Nov-14-2022, 01:42 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-15-2022, 06:09 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-21-2022, 08:01 PM
RE: first function - by rob101 - Nov-21-2022, 08:13 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-21-2022, 08:29 PM
RE: first function - by rob101 - Nov-21-2022, 08:40 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-21-2022, 08:55 PM
RE: first function - by rob101 - Nov-21-2022, 09:22 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-21-2022, 09:24 PM
RE: first function - by rob101 - Nov-21-2022, 09:35 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-21-2022, 10:01 PM
RE: first function - by rob101 - Nov-21-2022, 10:32 PM
RE: first function - by deanhystad - Nov-21-2022, 11:38 PM
RE: first function - by rob101 - Nov-22-2022, 09:35 AM
RE: first function - by Larz60+ - Nov-22-2022, 02:51 AM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-22-2022, 06:39 PM
RE: first function - by rob101 - Nov-22-2022, 07:15 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-22-2022, 07:19 PM
RE: first function - by rob101 - Nov-22-2022, 07:33 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-22-2022, 08:20 PM
RE: first function - by Yoriz - Nov-22-2022, 08:35 PM
RE: first function - by rob101 - Nov-22-2022, 08:38 PM
RE: first function - by deanhystad - Nov-22-2022, 10:51 PM
RE: first function - by astral_travel - Nov-23-2022, 06:43 PM
RE: first function - by deanhystad - Nov-24-2022, 04:04 AM
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