This is an example from my textbook, but I cant wrap my head around why it works, can someone break it down? I’m having trouble understanding functions and loops. ( I understand the %s formatting part)
def knight(saying):
def inner(quote):
return “We are the knights who say: ‘%s’” % quote
return inner(saying)
knight(“NI!”)
“We are the knights who say: ‘NI!’”
Enclose the code in triple ` (backtick) such that the formatting is preserved.
knight(“NI!”) is a call to knight with the argument saying taking the value “NI!”.
This function returns the value of the expression inner(saying), where inner is an inner function. So, the value of that expression comes from calling the function inner with the argument quote taking the value of saying, which is "NI!". In turn, inner returns the formatted string that you say you understand, which results in
“We are the knights who say: ‘NI!’”
thank you that definetly makes it clearer, ill have to read it a few times for it to sink in. i appreciate you taking the time.