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So8resA commutative function f is a function that takes some inputs from a set X and produces an output that does not depend on the ordering of the inputs. For example, the binary operation + is commutative, because 3+4=4+3. The string concatenation function concat is not commutative, because concat("3","4")="34"≠concat("4","3")="43".