What this error want to say? Can't we use return without function?

[Schachner, Joseph]

I see. You didn't declare a function, it's just a python script. So you don't need a return in that situation, the script just ends when there are no more lines.

By the way: you certainly don't want to return or quit BEFORE you print(nice).   But the fix here is simply to delete "return coun".  Then your script will run.

--- Joseph S.

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Subject: What this error want to say? Can't we use return without function?

N = int(input("enter a positive integer:")) coun = 1 while (N > 0):
    coun = coun * N
    N = N - 1
return coun
nice = ntime(N)
print(nice)


error: return outside of the function