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From: John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: None returned
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:02:59 +0000 (UTC)
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In <b5e68b04-142f-4b78-89ee-874281914d5b@googlegroups.com> pip7kids@gmail.com writes:

> print(rectangle.describe("this is a new rectangle"))

You're printing the result of describe().

>     def describe(self,text):
>         self.description = text

describe() has no return value, so it returns None by default.

If you want it to return something, make it do that.

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