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Keyword Arguments

We already hinted that functions can also be called using keyword arguments of the form kwarg=value. For instance, the function cat(), which we defined for you, accepts one required argument (food) and three optional arguments (state, action, and breed). It can be called in any of the following ways (you can try them all out):

cat('chicken')                     # 1 positional argument
cat(food='chicken')                # 1 keyword argument
cat(food='fish', action='bite')    # 2 keyword arguments
cat(action='bite', food='fish')    # 2 keyword arguments
cat('beef', 'happy', 'hiss')       # 3 positional arguments
cat('a hug', state='purrring')     # 1 positional, 1 keyword

In a function call, keyword arguments must follow positional arguments. All the keyword arguments passed must match one of the arguments accepted by the function (e.g., book is not a valid argument for the cat function), and their order is not important. This also includes non-optional arguments (e.g., cat(food='fish') is valid too). No argument may receive a value more than once. All the following calls would be invalid:

cat()                              # required argument missing
cat(food='fish', 'dead')           # positional argument after a keyword argument
cat('veggies', food='nothing')     # duplicate value for the same argument
cat(actor='Johnny Depp')           # unknown keyword argument

Task

In the editor, complete the function call with arguments so that it prints the following:

-- This cat wouldn't growl if you gave it soup
-- Lovely fur, the Sphinx
-- It's still hungry!

For keyword arguments, use syntax such as state='asleep'.

The required argument food has to be in the first position, unless you supply it as a keyword argument.