Where Do We Use Functions in Real Life?

Functions are mathematical building blocks for designing machines, predicting natural disasters, curing diseases, understanding world economies and for keeping airplanes in the air. Functions can take input from many variables, but always give the same output, unique to that function.

What are examples of functions in real life?

A car's efficiency in terms of miles per gallon of gasoline is a function. If a car typically gets 20 mpg, and if you input 10 gallons of gasoline, it will be able to travel roughly 200 miles.

Where do we use function?

Functions are a good alternative to having repeating blocks of code in a program. Functions also increase the reusability of code. Values can be passed to a function using variables – we call these parameters or arguments. Functions can also return values.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.