On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Vincent Davis <vinc...@vincentdavis.net> wrote: > Is it correct that if I want to return multiple objects from a function I > need to in some way combine them? > def test1(): > a = [1,3,5,7] > b = [2,4,6,8] > c=[a,b] > return a, b # this does not work? > return [a, b] # does not work? > return c # this works but I don't like it, , is there a better way?
All 3 of those *do work* just fine. I suspect you happen to not be familiar with how to retrieve the multiple results. Here's how: q, w = test1() print q # prints [1,3,5,7] print w # prints [2,4,6,8] Cheers, Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
