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

[shawn bright]

way cool, thanks. I am always looking for ways to clean things up
-sk

On 10/21/06, Danny Yoo <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
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> > great, thanks,  i have idle right here, would have been just as easy.
> > sorry about that
>
> No problem; it's cool.
>
>
> >> >   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 ?
>
> It's cool.  *grin*
>
> One small comment: we often don't need to use temporary variables like
> 'var'.
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>     def return_a_list(some_var):
>         some_list = []
>         for i in range(5):
>             some_list.append(some_var + i)
>         return some_list
>
> Sometimes a temporary variable is useful, and sometimes not.  Here, it
> seems like it's not too necessary.
>
>
> Good luck!
>
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