function returning a list

[Brad Tilley]

Can a function return a list?

[beliavsky]

Brad Tilley <br********@usa.net> wrote:

Can a function return a list?

Yes, it can return anything. Here is a trivial example:

def twice(x):
return 2*x

print twice(1.0) # 2.0
print twice([1.0]) # [1.0, 1.0]

Note that "2*x" has a very different effect, depending on what "x" is.

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[Rick Holbert]

Brad Tilley wrote:

Can a function return a list?

Yes

def return_list(): .... list = [1, 2, 3]
.... return list
.... l = return_list()
l

[1, 2, 3]

[Brad Tilley]

Rick Holbert wrote:

Brad Tilley wrote:

Can a function return a list?

Yes

def return_list():
... list = [1, 2, 3]
... return list
...
l = return_list()
l

[1, 2, 3]

Thanks guys, stupid question. I got it working.