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You must use looping to solve the problem 

Given the following variables: 

slash = "/" 

backslash = "\\" 

asterisk = "*" 

uscore = "_" 

Define a function that builds the following patterns based on variables given above: 

  pattern1: 

  /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 

pattern2: 

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 

Tip: You may pass those symbols to the function as arguments. For example, your function header could look as following: 

def create_pattern(symbol1,symbol2): 

where: 

symbol1 will be assigned to slash 

symbol2 will be assigned to backshash 

The same for the second pattern: 

symbol1 will be assigned to asterisk 

symbol2 will be assigned to underscore 

Once the function is ready, you can use it to print the following pattern on the screen: 

create_pattern(slash,backslash) 

create_pattern(asterisk,uscore) 

create_pattern(asterisk,uscore) 

create_pattern(asterisk,uscore) 

create_pattern(slash,backslash) 

You were asked to check if a box with given sides could fit into a package. 

Your function should have the following interface: 

def boxToPackageSizeMatchCheck(box, package): 

Where box and package are lists of 3 elements of integer numbers. Each element in the list represents width, height and dept.  

To make the task easier for you, we are going to compare only related pairs of width, height and dept (we cannot spin or rotate box or package).  

1. What are optional function arguments & default values? Give an example.

2.Why should the required arguments appear before the optional arguments in a function definition?