Question

Differentiate between the following with the help of an example:

Argument and Parameter

Answer 1

The parameter is a variable in the declaration of a function. The argument is the actual value of this variable that gets passed to the function when the function is called.

Program:
def create (text, freq):
  for i in range (1, freq):
    print text
 create(5, 4)   #function call

Here, in line 1, 'text' and 'freq' are the parameters whereas, in line 4 the values '5' and '4' are the arguments.