[Tutor] Question about Functions

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Dear tutors:

The following is an example I found in the Raspberry Pi for Dummies book:

#function test

def theFunction(message):
    print "I don't get ", message
    return "ARRRGH!"

theFunction("this")

result=theFunction("this either")
print "reply is: ", result

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The result of this code looks like this:

I don't get  this
I don't get  this either
reply is:  ARRRGH!

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Here's what I don't understand:

When I declare a variable to be equal as the fucntion
(result=theFunction("this either")) is Python also executing the
function?

The way I see it, I only called for the function once before printing
ARRRGH!! Then after that I declared a variable and then I print.

This is how I expected the result to look like:

I don't get this
reply is: I don't get this either
ARRRGH!

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Can you help me understand? I can't move forward until I understand
how Python solves this code.

Thanks in advance
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