On 22/08/18 11:29, Rafael Knuth wrote:
> my code below did not require a return statement, hence I was assuming
> it wouldn't be needed in my function either.
return is only used inside a function, it makes no
sense outside (and is a syntax error). Its purpose
is to return a value to the caller o
On 22/08/2018 07:46, Rafael Knuth wrote:
import pandas as pd
cities_lst = pd.read_table("cool_cities.csv")
cities_lst.head()
I was trying to rewrite the above as a function.
Unlike my code above, my function below did not return the first 5
rows, but just nothing:
def cities(file_name):
> You are not returning anything.
> You need to use the return keyword otherwise your
> function just generates the data internally then
> throws it away again.
ok, got it - thanks.
my code below did not require a return statement, hence I was assuming
it wouldn't be needed in my function either.
On 22/08/18 07:46, Rafael Knuth wrote:
> import pandas as pd
> cities_lst = pd.read_table("cool_cities.csv")
> cities_lst.head()
>
> I was trying to rewrite the above as a function.
> Unlike my code above, my function below did not return the first 5
> rows, but just nothing:
>
> def cities(file_
On 22/08/2018 07:46, Rafael Knuth wrote:
import pandas as pd
cities_lst = pd.read_table("cool_cities.csv")
cities_lst.head()
I was trying to rewrite the above as a function.
Unlike my code above, my function below did not return the first 5
rows, but just nothing:
def cities(file_name):
