[Tutor] how to get the return value?

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in news:440B2B3E.6070407 at tds.net Kent Johnson wrote:
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>>>main(printtime(strf=None))
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>>>[...]
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>> Anna,
>> 
>> that results in an syntax error / invalid syntax
> 
> It's very helpful to show the actual error and traceback.
> 

Sorry, here it is:

File "D:\Ingo\PyScript\VIDEOC~1.9\_ij\_time_lapse.py", line 23
    def main(printtime(strf=None)):
                      ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


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