[Tutor] Return Statement error

[William Becerra]

I am familiar with funtions, i didn't realize i had to  write the return
statement inside a function...Thank you all..that was very helpful
On 13 Oct 2014 01:03, "Steven D'Aprano" <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 04:38:54PM +0200, William Becerra wrote:
> > Hello, I'm new to programming. I'm using Python 2.7.8 and Windows 8 OS
> > I was making an application to see if I understand how the return
> statement
> > works
>
> The `return` statement can only be used inside a function. That means
> you have to start off with a `def` line, and indent your code.
>
> Have you learned about functions yet? If not, perhaps you might prefer
> to forget about `return` until you do. Otherwise, if you take the code
> you wrote, indent it, and put a function declaration at the top, you
> should be able to use `return` successfully:
>
> def compare():
>     print "Please write a value for x"
>     x = raw_input()
>     print "Please write a value for y"
>     y = raw_input()
>     if x  > y:
>         return 1
>     elif x < y:
>         return -1
>     elif x == y:
>         return 0
>     else:
>         return "this will never happen"
>
>
> Then, once you have defined your function, you can call it:
>
> result = compare()  # don't forget the parentheses ()
> print "And the result is", result
>
>
>
> --
> Steven
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