Explanation:
In Python, the return
statement is used to exit a function and optionally return a value. However, when a function has a return type of set
, it indicates that it should return a set data structure.
When trying to return a set, it automatically returns the set as a whole, without any parameters.
Here’s an example to illustrate this:
def create_set():
my_set = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
return my_set
result_set = create_set()
print(result_set)
In the above code, we define a function create_set()
that creates a set my_set
containing elements from 1 to 5. We then use the return
statement to return the set my_set
.
Later, we call the create_set()
function and assign the returned set to a variable result_set
. Finally, we print the result_set
which outputs: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
.
It is important to note that the return
statement with the set data structure should not have any parameters enclosed within parenthesis. The return value should only be the set itself.