    return the_output
```
When you mark a function with the @st.cache
decorator, it tells Streamlit that whenever the function is called it needs to
check a few things:
The input parameters that you called the function with
The value of any external variable used in the function
The body of the function
The body of any function used inside the cached function
If this is the first time Streamlit has seen these four components with these
exact values and in this exact combination and order, it runs the function and
stores the result in a local cache. Then, next time the cached function is
called, if none of these components changed, Streamlit will skip executing
the function altogether and, instead, return the output previously stored in
the cache.
For more information about the Streamlit cache, its configuration parameters,
