[Tutor] Do _all_ Python builtin methods/functions return "None" IF ...
boB Stepp
robertvstepp at gmail.com
Fri Jan 26 21:56:31 EST 2018
... they are not designed to explicitly return something else?
The reason I ask is that I almost fell into the following trap:
<GCE trap>
py3: a_lst = [0, 1, 2]
py3: b_lst = a_lst.append(3)
py3: a_lst, b_lst
([0, 1, 2, 3], None)
Instead of "None" I was expecting "[0, 1, 2, 3]". Obviously I have a
GCE (Gross Conceptual Error).
</GCE trap>
I almost sent the above as my question, but then I realized (Finally!)
that lst.append() performs an append operation on lst and returns
None. Just like print() returns None.
So my actual question is: For these types of methods/functions, is
Python Both versions 2 and 3) consistent throughout and *always*
returns None?
TIA!
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boB
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