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Improve functions intro.
Add `λ', sugared/unsugared examples, optionals, keywords.
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;; 3. Functions
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;; Use lambda to create new functions.
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;; A function always returns its last statement.
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;; Use `lambda' to create functions.
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;; A function always returns the value of its last expression
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(lambda () "Hello World") ; => #<procedure>
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;; Can also use a unicode `λ'
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(λ () "Hellow World") ; => same function
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;; (You need extra parens to call it)
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;; Use parens to call all functions, including a lambda expression
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((lambda () "Hello World")) ; => "Hello World"
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((λ () "Hello World")) ; => "Hello World"
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;; Assign a function to a var
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(define hello-world (lambda () "Hello World"))
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(hello-world) ; => "Hello World"
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;; You can shorten this to:
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;; You can shorten this using the function definition syntatcic sugae:
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(define (hello-world2) "Hello World")
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;; The () is the list of arguments for the function.
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;; The () in the above is the list of arguments for the function
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(define hello
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(lambda (name)
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(string-append "Hello " name)))
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(hello "Steve") ; => "Hello Steve"
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;; ... or equivalently, using a sugared definition:
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(define (hello2 name)
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(string-append "Hello " name))
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;; You can have multi-variadic functions, too
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(define hello2
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;; You can have multi-variadic functions too, using `case-lambda'
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(define hello3
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(case-lambda
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[() "Hello World"]
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[(name) (string-append "Hello " name)]))
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(hello2 "Jake") ; => "Hello Jake"
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(hello2) ; => "Hello World"
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(hello3 "Jake") ; => "Hello Jake"
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(hello3) ; => "Hello World"
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;; ... or specify optional arguments with a default value expression
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(define (hello4 [name "World"])
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(string-append "Hello " name))
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;; Functions can pack extra arguments up in a list
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(define (count-args . args)
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(format "You passed ~a args: ~a" (length args) args))
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(count-args 1 2 3) ; => "You passed 3 args: (1 2 3)"
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;; ... or with the unsugared `lambda' form:
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(define count-args2
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(lambda args
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(format "You passed ~a args: ~a" (length args) args)))
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;; You can mix regular and packed arguments
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(define (hello-count name . args)
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(format "Hello ~a, you passed ~a extra args" name (length args)))
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(hello-count "Finn" 1 2 3)
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; => "Hello Finn, you passed 3 extra args"
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;; ... unsugared:
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(define hello-count2
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(lambda (name . args)
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(format "Hello ~a, you passed ~a extra args" name (length args))))
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;; And with keywords
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(define (hello-k #:name [name "World"] #:greeting [g "Hello"] . args)
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(format "~a ~a, ~a extra args" g name (length args)))
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(hello-k) ; => "Hello World, 0 extra args"
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(hello-k 1 2 3) ; => "Hello World, 3 extra args"
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(hello-k #:greeting "Hi") ; => "Hi World, 0 extra args"
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(hello-k #:name "Finn" #:greeting "Hey") ; => "Hey Finn, 0 extra args"
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(hello-k 1 2 3 #:greeting "Hi" #:name "Finn" 4 5 6)
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; => "Hi Finn, 6 extra args"
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;; 4. Equality
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