That's not just a set of functions--variables, as one might say in the lab.It's produced by genius.

它不仅仅只是一套机器，像人们在实验室所见的一样多变，它是由天才创作的。

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And we've only just begun using it, but it has just a bunch GetInt GetString GetDouble of very useful functions like GetInt, GetString, GetDouble, And so as those names imply, you can just cull these functions with no arguments and you'll get back that data type based on its name.

我们刚开始使用了它，里面有很多的,有用的函数，像，所以，那些名字暗示，你可以挑选这些,没有参数的函数，然后你可以通过它的名字,获取他们的数据类型。

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So we'll talk a bit more about this idea of functions today, but, get int, again, can think of it as a black box, whose purpose in life is to prompt the human for input and pester the human if he or she doesn't actually give it int, but then once it has that, has entered it from the user, it's quote unquote, returns it to you.

所以我们进今天将多讨论点这个函数的概念，但是，GetInt，我们可以把它当做一个黑盒子，它的唯一目的是提示人们来输入,并且如果他或她没有,给它int数，则会纠缠用户，但是一旦它得到了，用户输入的int数，对输入进行引用，返回给你。

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