figure - the function is completeand idle waits for you to pro vide another instruction even though this is really simple functionit demonstrates the pattern you use when creating any python function you define nameprovide any requirements for using the function (none in this case)and provide series of steps for using the function function ends when an extra line is added (you press enter twiceworking with functions in the edit window is the same as working with them in the python shell windowexcept that you can save the edit window content to disk this example also appears with the downloadable source code as firstfunction py try loading the file into an edit window using the same technique you use in the "using the edit windowsection of accessing functions after you define functionyou probably want to use it to perform useful work of coursethis means knowing how to access the function in the previous sectionyou create new function named hello(to access this functionyou type helloand press enter figure - shows the output you see when you execute this function figure - whenever you type the func tion' nameyou get the output the function provides