return statement in functions

[Jp Calderone]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:44:39AM -0500, hokieghal99 wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> That works, but it only returns the first item in the list. The 
> functions are returning a list of paths or of files/dirs. For example, 
> the function 'clean_dir_names' should return a complete list of 
> directory names that it has removed bad characters from.
> 
> def clean_dir_names(path):
>    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path, topdown=False):
>       for dname in dirs:
>          new_dname = re.sub(bad,'-' ,dname)
>          if new_dname != dname:
>             newpath = os.path.join(root, new_dname)
>             oldpath = os.path.join(root, dname)
>             os.renames(oldpath, newpath)
>          return new_dname
> 
> How do I make the report function see all of the contents of the list 
> and not just the first item of the list?
> 

  No.  "return new_dname" terminates execution of the function.  If you want
many results, you need to collect them in a list and return the list, or use
a generator.

  Jp


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