I need to get a string returned to the calling function of a script. A module called 'utils' has the function being called for a return value. Trying to learn how exactly this works/what should be

The natural, simple, direct, explicit way to get information back from a function is to return it. Broadly speaking, the purpose of a function is to compute a value, and return signifies "this is the value we …

Nov 2, 2015 · Yes, a function can return a string. Your issue, at least one of your issues, is that you're not returning from the recursive call at all (e.g. return lsubstr(..)). Secondarily, what is a and b …

Nov 12, 2020 · Python can't return strings to the OS - it can only return integers, like any other process. That main returns a string is meaningful only within Python.

Apr 29, 2016 · One of those variables that you try to concatenate with strings is None. Strings can only be concatenated with other strings. My psychic debugging tells me that those functions you're calling …

Jan 24, 2016 · return 'salad: {} hamburger: {} water: {}'.format(s, h, w) Unrelated: Your counting code is fragile. It happens to work correctly with this data set, because the letters shw only appear once each …

Aug 31, 2016 · And just for completeness, Java is like Python in that the String.substring () method takes start and one-past-end. This one just bit me hard, I had assumed it was length like every other …

Sep 1, 2013 · "I need to have line breaks in my return statement in order for the testing to return 'true'" - no, you don't. Most likely, you want a line break in the string you're returning, not in the return …

There is no built in reverse method for Python's str object. How can I reverse a string?

I'm working with Python, and I'm trying to find out if you can tell if a word is in a string. I have found some information about identifying if the word is in the string - using .find, but is there a way to do an if …