The return value simply returns a value to the calling function, which
the function can handle, however it wants. so: for example
def add(a, b):
return (a+b)
That simply returns the value a+b, which you can use however you like,
like so: i=add(2,3) will assign the return value to add.
I recommend you check out the tutorial on python.org, which explains all
of this; the documentation does not need updating, at least not in that
respect.
On 1/23/2011 11:41 AM, Scott Meup wrote:
I'm trying tolearn Python. The documentation tells syntax, and other things
about a command. But for too many commands, it doesn't tell what it does.
for instance, in VB the 'return' command tells the program what line to
execute after some event (usually an error). In Python it appears to return
a value. Where does it return it to? I couldn't find anywhere on the
Python website to find out or to ask Python to upgrade their documentation.
Can somebody please recommend a source.
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