How can I define a function with default parameter values and optional parameters in Python?

Question

I want to define a function to which the input parameters can be omitted or have a default value.

I have this function:

def nearxy(x,y,x0,y0,z):
   d         


        

Answer 1

give default values to x0,y0 like this and if z is optional also :

def nearxy(x,y,x0=0,y0=0,z=None):
   distance=[]
   for i in range(0,len(x)):   
   distance.append(abs(math.sqrt((x[i]-x0)**2+(y[i]-y0)**2)))
   if z is not None:
        blah blah
   return min(distance)

call :

nearxy(1,2)

if you want only toassign z :

 nearxy(1,2,z=3)

....

hope this helps