Default & Keyword Arguments

What You’ll Learn

You’ll learn how to set default values for parameters and how to call functions using argument names.

Default Parameter Value

If we call the function without argument, it uses the default value.

def greet(country="Norway"):
    print(f"I am from {country}")

greet("Sweden")
greet() # Uses "Norway"

Expected Output:

I am from Sweden
I am from Norway

Keyword Arguments

You can also send arguments with the key = value syntax. This way the order of the arguments does not matter.

def build_profile(first, last, age):
    print(f"{first} {last}, age {age}")

# Order doesn't matter when using keyword arguments
build_profile(age=30, last="Smith", first="John")