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Building a function, matlab style (see /homerdr/ipython/ eg_function.py, fib.py)

A module is a file containing Python definitions and statements

If it contains a list of commands it is like a script
If it contains a function it works as a matlab function file.

The equivalent of

  function [out]=fctname(in)
  ....
  out=...

is

  def fctname(in):
    .... # notice the indent
    return out

and it does not require to be stored in a file of the same name, e.g. store it in casual.py To run fctname

  IN=...
  import casual as cs
  cs.fctname(IN)

When writing and correcting use reload, e.g. if you imported fb, reload(fb)

Write documentation within two """, use line feeds and indents, to read formatted documentation use

  print module.function.__doc__

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