How Can I Use Python Decorators to Make Functions Bold and Italic, Add Timestamps, and Capitalize Method Results?

Make Functions Bold and Italic Using Decorators

Decorators are Pythonic functions that enhance other functions. We'll create two decorators, @make_bold and @make_italic, to format text in bold and italics. Here's how:

</p>
<h1>Decorator to make text bold</h1>
<p>def make_bold(func):</p>
<div class="code" style="position:relative; padding:0px; margin:0px;"><pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false">def wrapper():
    return "<b>" + func() + "</b>"  # Surround the result with bold tags
return wrapper

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Decorator to make text italic

def make_italic(func):

def wrapper():
    return "<i>" + func() + "</i>"  # Surround the result with italic tags
return wrapper

@make_bold
@make_italic
def say():

return "Hello"

print(say()) # Output: "Hello"

Decorating Functions with Arguments

You can also create decorators that accept arguments. For example, let's make a decorator that adds a timestamp to the result:

<br>import time</p>
<h1>Decorator to add a timestamp to a function</h1>
<p>def add_timestamp(func):</p>
<div class="code" style="position:relative; padding:0px; margin:0px;"><pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false">def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
    timestamp = time.ctime()  # Get the current time
    return f"{timestamp}: {func(*args, **kwargs)}"  # Prepend the timestamp to the call
return wrapper

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