“Function ________ at 0x01D57aF0” return in python

Question

I just started using python a week ago although I have some background in C++. I\'m just making some simple user defined functions. Code is below.

def quad         


        

Answer 1

Like David Robinson said in his comment, I think the function will run correctly if you enter

quadratic.quads()

This runs it as a function, as all functions have the two parentheses. Without it, it would be considered a variable in a class.

Answer 2

You need to use () to call the function.

Here's a simple test example of defining a trivial function and then calling it using use the name and then the name with () to illustrate the difference:

Python 2.7.3 (default, Dec 18 2014, 19:10:20) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> def my_func():
...     print "yo!"
... 
>>> my_func
<function my_func at 0x7f3c84c74578>
>>> my_func()
yo!
>>>