Return value in python function

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import urllib,re

def getver():
    url='https://github.com/Bendr0id/xmrigCC/releases'
    website = urllib.urlopen(url)
    html = website.read()
    links = re.findall(r'(?<=<a href=")[^"]*\bgcc-win64.zip\b', html)
    link=links[0]
    version=link.split('/')
    ver0=version[5]
    return ver0
getver()

I've tried to run the code but it doesnt output anything,instead when I replace return with print it prints out the correct answer which is 1.5.2 . What am I doing wrong?

Code that doesn't print anything doesn't print anything. That's expected behavior. You're not doing anything wrong. If you want to print something, you have to call `print` on it. — Aran-Fey, Mar 29 '18 at 22:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 29 '18 at 22:52

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Change the last line to:

print(getver())

edited Mar 29 '18 at 22:52

Preston

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answered Mar 29 '18 at 22:27

Maor Kachalon

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '18 at 22:39

You have been fooled by the interactive interpeter's friendly habit of printing out the results of any bare expressions you enter.

This does not happen when you run a program, so you need to ensure you output values specifically by using the print statement.

This is specifically mentioned in a rather obscure portion of the Python documentation dealing with the language's grammar.

Return value in python function

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