function call
There are many useful functions built into python, you can use help(function_name) in the interactive command line interface to get help information.
data type conversion
Python has some built-in type conversion functions such as int() to convert other types to integers
A function name is actually a reference to a function object. It is completely possible to assign a function name to a variable, which is equivalent to giving the function an alias.
a = abs()
a(-12)
it works