I believe I understand now. the yield keyword is sort of like a cousin to return. return will bring back an object I can work with and so does yield *but* yield's object will most likely support the .next() method.
So, if I worked with a function that ends with the return keyword and it returns a list, I can run list operations and list methods on it. if a function ends with the yield keyword a generator should return. So, calling the function by it's name will always reset and initialize the generator. Whereas assigning to the functions yielded return grants access to the real generator in which I can use the next() method. Maybe I've explained it wrong *but* it does make sense to me now. I just couldn't grasp it because I am still new to the keyword yield and didn't know it sort of works like return. I really wish to thank you fellas so much for your examples and explanations! I think I got it! I thank you all again! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
