I actually said "ending" to avoid problems with different terminology between different languages - but i guess a return is still a return in python.
i did this search http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=python+tutorial+return&btnG=Google+Search&meta= and it didn't return any particularly obvious answer. The funny thing is, i wrote that program last june and managed to not know/use a single return :) On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "elis aeris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > how do I return a function? > > > Do you realise that this is an entirely different question > to the one you asked originally, namely: > > >> what do I do if i want the program/function to end? > >> > >> in c++ of > >>int main(){} > >>I do a return 0; > > > One is asking about *ending* the program(or function), the > other about returning. Those are two different concepts. > In particular returning implies that the program does not > end but goes on to use the returnedvalue in some way. > > Assuming that it is returning you are interested in then > all the tutorials that discuss Python functions (including > mine) will tell you how to return a value from a function. > > You use the return statement exactly like in C++. > > Where did you look if you couldn't find it? > > Even searching "return" on the Python web site gets me this as > the first link: > > 6.7 The return statement > When return passes control out of a try statement with a finally > clause, that finally clause is executed before really leaving the > function. ... > docs.python.org/ref/return.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages > > > And visiting it it tells me: > > -----------------------return_stmt ::= "return" [expression_list] > > > return may only occur syntactically nested in a function definition, > not within a nested class definition. > > If an expression list is present, it is evaluated, else None is > substituted. > > return leaves the current function call with the expression list (or > None) as return value. > --------------------------------- > > Now, its not that we mind answering questions, but if you claim > to have looked for an answer and then ask a somewhat vaguely > worded question we will assume you are looking for something > deeper. Its easier for all of us if you are as specific as possible > in your questions. > > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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