def fun_lin(x, a, b): y = a*x + b return y x_in = 10.0 p0 = 2.5 p1 = 3.0 out1 = fun_lin(x_in, p0, p1) out2 = fun_lin(a=p0, b=p1, x=x_in) print('out1 = ', out1) print('out2 = ', out2)