Please explain this for me

[Calvin Spealman]

On Dec 20, 2011 11:41 PM, "Emeka" <emekamicro at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello All,
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> v = []
>
> def add_to_list(plist):
>     u = plist.append(90)
>     return u
>
> add_to_list(v)  # This function call returns nothing
> Could someone explain why this function call will return nothing?
>
> v = [90] # Object values are passed by reference
> This one is clear to me
>
> add_to_list([])
> This one returns nothing, why?

Because list.append() returns nothing, it only modifies the list in place.

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> Emeka
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