[Tutor] <function animals at 0x662f0> what does it mean?

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From: tutor-bounces at python.org [mailto:tutor-bounces at python.org] On Behalf
Of Kristinn Didriksson
Sent: 13 November 2006 16:51
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Subject: [Tutor] <function animals at 0x662f0> what does it mean?

Hello,
This is my first program calling functions :) It worked nicely except for
the message above. Can anyone explain what the message means.
Thanks,
Kristinn

Program
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# a program that prints the lyrics for Old Mcdonal had a farm for 5
different animals.
# this will have two functions: oldMac and animals # two functions will be
passed: animal and sound

def animals(animal, sound):
	# print out the lyrics calling the subroutine for aminals
	print "Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!"
	print "And on the farm he had a ", animal + ", Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!"
	print "With a", sound + ",", sound, "here and a" , sound + ",",
sound + " there."
	print "Here a", sound + ", there a", sound + ", everyehere a", sound

+ ",", sound + "."
	print "Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!"
	print
	return animals



def oldMac():
	print animals("cow", "moo")
	print animals("pig", "oink")
	print animals("horse", "neigh")
	print animals("dog", "woof")
	print animals("cat", "meow")
	
oldMac()


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Output
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Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!
And on the farm he had a  cow, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!
With a moo, moo here and a moo, moo there.
Here a moo, there a moo, everyehere a moo, moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!

<function animals at 0x66030>
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!
And on the farm he had a  pig, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!
With a oink, oink here and a oink, oink there.
Here a oink, there a oink, everyehere a oink, oink.
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!

<function animals at 0x66030>
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!
And on the farm he had a  horse, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!
With a neigh, neigh here and a neigh, neigh there.
Here a neigh, there a neigh, everyehere a neigh, neigh.
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!

<function animals at 0x66030>
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!
And on the farm he had a  dog, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!
With a woof, woof here and a woof, woof there.
Here a woof, there a woof, everyehere a woof, woof.
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!

<function animals at 0x66030>
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!
And on the farm he had a  cat, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!
With a meow, meow here and a meow, meow there.
Here a meow, there a meow, everyehere a meow, meow.
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-igh, Ee-igh, Oh!

<function animals at 0x66030>

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I don't think you need the 'return animals' in the animals function. It is
just displaying where the aniaml function is in memory. 

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