On Jan 23, 2:38 pm, "Littlefield, Tyler" <ty...@tysdomain.com> wrote:
> 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.
And return doesn't have to return a value(s). It can just cause the
program's execution to not proceed further but to go back
to the calling function, like:
def checkAplusB(a, b):
if a + b > 5:
return
>
> 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.
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
> Ty
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