recursive function return value problems

[Brian L. Troutwine]

randomtalk at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>def reTest(bool):
> 
> ... 	result = []
> ... 	if not bool:
> ... 		reTest(True)
> ... 	else:
> ... 		print "YAHHH"
> ... 		result = ["should be the only thing returned"]
> ... 	print "printing result: "
> ... 	print result
> ... 	return result
> ...
> 
>>>>reTest(False)

You're both printing the result and returning it. The interpreter just 
happens to show both printed and returned variables.

An example of a shown return variable:

 >>>def returnb():
...    return 'b'
...
 >>>returnb()
'b'

Hope that helps,
Brian

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