"BartlebyScrivener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How do you test for a function that returns nothing,
A function returns a single value (which may be a container for other
values). By default, with no 'return' statement, it returns the None
object.
What is it you're trying to do?
> and why doesn't
> this work? Shouldn't X have to be either None or not?
Yes.
> >>>x = None
Assigns the name 'x' to the None object.
> >>> for x in []:
Iterates over an empty list, which results in zero iterations;
i.e. does nothing.
Have you followed the tutorial through, running and understanding each
example, to get the basics of Python covered?
<URL:http://docs.python.org/tut/>
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