定义一个有两个参数的函数

Defining a function with two parameters

任何人都可以解释这段代码如何知道 "shift-val" 的整数值,所以它从字符

的 ASCII 值中减去它
alpha=['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z']


def encodeMessage(message,shift_val):
    encodedMessage = ""
    l = len(alpha)
    length = len(message)
    for i in range(0,length):
        # ord returns ASCII value of character, we add shift_val to it and 
        subtract ASCII value of 'A'
        x = ord(message[i])+shift_val- ord('A')
        # x could exceed 26, we need to cycle back hence mod 26 is used.
        x = x % 26
        # add xth index alphabet to encoded message
        encodedMessage += alpha[x]

# return encodedMessage
    return encodedMessage


def main():
# message will be a string
    message = ""
    UserInput = input("Enter maximum 10 upper-case letters in one line to store: ")
    lengthAlpha= len(alpha)

    while not UserInput.isalpha() or  len(UserInput) > 10 :                # message is not acceptable in case it's greater than ten or it isn't a letter
        print (" No special characters numbers are allowed (maximum 10 letters) ")
        UserInput = input("Enter maximum 10 upper-case letters in one line to store: ")
    else:
    message =UserInput
    message = [element.upper()  for element in message]                                                                          
    move = int(input("How far do you wish to shift?: "))

    print('The encoded message is',encodeMessage(message, move))
main()

用户被要求提供金额 "shift"。此值作为整数存储在名为 move 的变量中:

move = int(input("How far do you wish to shift?: "))

这个值被传递到 encode_message(),它被绑定到 shift_val 参数:

print('The encoded message is',encodeMessage(message, move))

encodeMessage() 知道 shift_val 的值,因为它作为参数传递给函数。在另一个上下文中 shift_val 可以有任何其他值;这完全取决于函数的调用方式。