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Monty
Monty

Reputation: 197

Same method for the Functions Python

def function1(string):
    symbol="%"
    new_string=string.split()
    for item in new_string:
      if item.startswith(symbol):
         #etc

def function2(string):
    symbol="!"
    new_string=string.split()
    for item in new_string:
       if item.startswith(symbol):
         #etc

The above functions do same thing except the symbols are different, so i want to create an extra function(dont know how to do it) that would accomplish what im trying to do and then call it inside both of the functions

Upvotes: 0

Views: 40

Answers (1)

Dimitris Fasarakis Hilliard
Dimitris Fasarakis Hilliard

Reputation: 160447

Don't do that, if both functions perform the exact same operation you only need one function with symbols as an extra argument:

def function(string, symbol):
    new_string=string.split()
    for item in new_string:
      if item.startswith(symbol):
         #etc

Then call it as function("foo", "%") and function("bar", "!") respectively.

Upvotes: 3

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