[Tutor] can i pass a list to a function and get one back ?

[shawn bright]

great, thanks,  i have idle right here, would have been just as easy.
sorry about that
sk

On 10/21/06, Bill Campbell <bill at celestial.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2006, shawn bright wrote:
> >
> >   hey there, i was just wondering if i could get a list back from a
> >   function.
> >   something like
> >   def return_a_list(some_var):
> >       some_list = []
> >       for i in range(5):
> >           var = some_var + i
> >           some_list.append(var)
> >       return some_list
> >   is this cool ?
>
> Ayup!
>
> The best way to find answers to questions like this is to just do
> it, and see what python does.
>
> Bill
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