🔒 string or dict?

[noble escarp]

heyyy, I wanted to know if, in my function I set the return to be a print of a value in a dict, is the return type a dict or a string ? (the value in the dict is a str)

my code for reference:

HANGMAN_PHOTOS = {
    0: """    x-------x""",
    1: """    x-------x
    |
    |
    |
    |
    |""",
    2: """    x-------x
    |       |
    |       0
    |
    |
    |""",
    3: """    x-------x
    |       |
    |       0
    |       |
    |
    |""",
    4: """    x-------x
    |       |
    |       0
    |      /|\\
    |
    |""",
    5: """    x-------x
    |       |
    |       0
    |      /|\\
    |      /
    |""",
    6: """    x-------x
    |       |
    |       0
    |      /|\\
    |      / \\
    |"""
}
def print_hangman(num_of_tries):
    """The function prints one of the seven states of the hanging man.
    :param num_of_tries: number from 0-6
    :type num_of_tries: int
    :return: str?
    :rtype: str?
    """
    print(HANGMAN_PHOTOS[int(num_of_tries)])

def main():
    # Call the function print_hangman
    num_of_tries = 6
    print_hangman(num_of_tries)
if (__name__ == "__main__"):
    main()

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@noble escarp

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[noble escarp]

dont worry about the code iteself

I just want to know the return type

!e ```py
HANGMAN_PHOTOS = {
0: """ x-------x""",
1: """ x-------x
|
|
|
|
|""",
2: """ x-------x
| |
| 0
|
|
|""",
3: """ x-------x
| |
| 0
| |
|
|""",
4: """ x-------x
| |
| 0
| /|\
|
|""",
5: """ x-------x
| |
| 0
| /|\
| /
|""",
6: """ x-------x
| |
| 0
| /|\
| / \
|"""
}
def print_hangman(num_of_tries):
"""The function prints one of the seven states of the hanging man.
:param num_of_tries: number from 0-6
:type num_of_tries: int
:return: str?
:rtype: str?
"""
print(HANGMAN_PHOTOS[int(num_of_tries)])

def main():
# Call the function print_hangman
num_of_tries = 6
print_hangman(num_of_tries)
if (name == "main"):
main()

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@noble escarp :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

001 |     x-------x
002 |     |       |
003 |     |       0
004 |     |      /|\
005 |     |      / \
006 |     |

[bitter scarab]

set the return to be a print of a value in a dict
this doesnt make sense, printing and returning are two different things

printing means displaying some string in the console, returning is how python evaluates the function call expression

!return-gif

[latent lark]

Print and return

Here's a handy animation demonstrating how print and return differ in behavior.

See also: /tag return

[noble escarp]

you're right my bad

[bitter scarab]

so since your function does not have an explicit return statement, it returns None by default

[noble escarp]

how about this then :

def print_hangman(num_of_tries):
    """The function prints one of the seven states of the hanging man.
    :param num_of_tries: number from 0-6
    :type num_of_tries: int
    :return: one of the seven states of the hanging man
    :rtype: str
    """
    return HANGMAN_PHOTOS[int(num_of_tries)]

[bitter scarab]

the return type would by the type of HANGMAN_PHOTOS[int(num_of_tries)], which is a string

[noble escarp]

alright thanks !

[bitter scarab]

np

[noble escarp]

!close

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