cat = Cat()
print(cat.sound())
-->
--miao--
None
が出力される。class's method will return None defaultly,that means method executed successfully!
詳しく↓
Using
Using
Using no
print(cat.sound())
-->
--miao--
None
が出力される。class's method will return None defaultly,that means method executed successfully!
詳しく↓
On the actual behavior, there is no difference. They all return
None and that's it. However, there is a time and place for all of these. The following instructions are basically how the different methods should be used (or at least how I was taught they should be used), but they are not absolute rules so you can mix them up if you feel necessary to.
Using return None
This tells that the function is indeed meant to return a value for later use, and in this case it returns
None. This value None can then be used elsewhere. return None is never used if there are no other possible return values from the function.
In the following example, we return
person's mother if the person given is a human. If it's not a human, we return None since the person doesn't have a mother (let's suppose it's not an animal or so).def get_mother(person):
if is_human(person):
return person.mother
else:
return None
Using return
This is used for the same reason as
break in loops. The return value doesn't matter and you only want to exit the whole function. It's extremely useful in some places, even tho you don't need it that often.
We got 15
prisoners and we know one of them has a knife. We loop through each prisoner one by one to check if they have a knife. If we hit the person with a knife, we can just exit the function cause we know there's only one knife and no reason the check rest of the prisoners. If we don't find the prisoner with a knife, we raise an the alert. This could be done in many different ways and using return is probably not even the best way, but it's just an example to show how to use return for exiting a function.def find_prisoner_with_knife(prisoners):
for prisoner in prisoners:
if "knife" in prisoner.items:
prisoner.move_to_inquisition()
return # no need to check rest of the prisoners nor raise an alert
raise_alert()
Note: You should never do
var = find_prisoner_with_knife(), since the return value is not meant to be caught.
Using no return at all
This will also return
None, but that value is not meant to be used or caught. It simply means that the function ended successfully. It's basically the same as return in void functions in languages such as C++ or Java.
In the following example, we set person's mother's name, and then the function exits after completing successfully.
def set_mother(person, mother):
if is_human(person):
person.mother = mother
Note: You should never do
var = set_mother(my_person, my_mother), since the return value is not meant to be caught.