Function arguments (in Python for example)

Question

What are [function] arguments? What are they used for?
I started learning Python very recently; I\'m new to programming and I apologize for this basic

Answer 1

In your example they are not used.

If your function needs to behave differently depending on what arguments you give it, then what's arguments are for.

def hi_name(name):
    print 'Hi ' + name

hi_name("John doe")

This prints "Hi John Doe".

Now back to the basics about functions.