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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …