22.10: Calling a Function from Another Function

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Finally, note that we can put any code we desire inside a function’s body, including one or more calls to other functions! Check out this bad boy:

Code \(\PageIndex{1}\) (Python):

def greet(first_n, last_n, middle_i, gender, status, deg, lang):

sal = salutation(gender, status, deg)

if lang == "Swedish":

greeting = "Hej"

elif lang == "Russian":

greeting = "Privet"

elif lang == "Hindi":

greeting = "Namaste"

else:

greeting = "Yo"

full = full_name(last_n, first_n, middle_i)

print("{}, {} {}!".format(greeting, sal, full))

greet("Greta","Thunberg","F","female","single","none","Swedish")

greet("Maria","Sharapova","S","female","single","none","Russian")

greet("Garry","Kasparov","K","male","married","BA","Russian")

greet("Angela","Merkel","D","female","married","PhD","German")

Output:

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In the course of its duties, greet()’s function body calls both salutation() and full_name() for help. They each produce components of its complete solution. Good teamwork!