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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 17:45:01 -0500
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On 2014.10.01 17:37, Shiva wrote:
> Only 'None' gets passed on to parameter 'got' instead of the expected value
> of 4.
> Any idea why 'None' is getting passed even though calling the donuts(4)
> alone returns the expected value?
donuts() prints what you tell it to ("Number of donuts: 5"), and then returns
what you tell it to (nothing).
If you don't explicitly make a function return something, it returns None.
Whatever other logic you have in the function is irrelevant.