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Export function

Imagine you have a big box of colored pencils and you want to share some of them with your friends. You can take out a few pencils and give them to your friends so that they can use them too. Export function works in a similar way.

When you write a code for a program, you can create different functions that help you do specific tasks in your program. The export function allows you to share your functions with others who might want to use them in their own programs.

For example, let's say you created a function called "calculateArea" that helps you calculate the area of a rectangle. You can use the export function to make "calculateArea" available for other programmers to use in their own programs.

Export function basically takes a particular function and makes it available for use outside of the file it was created in. It also allows you to choose which functions you want to export and make them available for others to use, while keeping everything else in your code private to prevent others from messing with it.

So, in summary, think of export function like sharing your favorite colored pencils with your friends or allowing others to use a specific function you created in their own program.
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