#definition of function
defSayHello():
   "optional documentation string"
   print "Hello World"
   return

#calling the function
SayHello()

#defining function with two arguments
def area(l,b):
   area = l*b
   print "area = ",area
   return

#calling function
length = 10
breadth = 20
#with two arguments. This is OK
area(length, breadth)
#only one argument provided. This will throw TypeError
area(length)

area = 200
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "area.py", line 11, in <module>
   area(length)
TypeError: area() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)

#defining function
def area(l,b):
   area = l*b
   print "area = ",area
   return area

#calling function
length = 10
breadth = 20
#calling function and obtaining its reurned value
result = area(length, breadth)
print "value returned by function : ", result

area = 200
value returned by function : 200