Michael Yanowitz wrote: > I am still new to Python but have used it for the last 2+ months. > One thing I'm still not used to is that functions parameters can't > change as expected. For example in C, I can have > status = get_network_info (strIpAddress, &strHostname, &nPortNumber) > where this fictitious function returns a status, but also returns > modified > values for a hostname and a port number. > In Python, there does not seem to be an easy way to have functions > return > multiple values except it can return a list such as: > strHostname, nPortNumber, status = get_network_info (strIpAddress, > strHostname, > nPortNumber) > Am I missing something obvious? Is there a better, or more standard way > to return values from functions?
No, that exactly is the way to go. But usually one uses tuples and the possibility of sequence-unpacking together to reach a solution tha at least to my eye looks more favorable: def foo(a, b): return a*b, a+c a = 10 b = 20 a, b = foo(a, b) Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list