Captain Code: Unleash Your Coding Superpower with Python

Chapter 2Mad Libs

Now that you are all set up, we’re going to dig into some real ­coding. In this chapter, we’re going to start with an important topic, one that you will use in every single program you ever write: variables. And to do that, you’ll also learn about functions and create a simple game. Ready?

Understanding Functions

In programming languages, functions are bits of code that perform specific tasks. You’ve actually seen one function already: the print() function you used at the end of Chapter 1. And, as you saw, print() does just that, it prints (or displays) text.

In Python, like in most other programming languages, functions ...