Return outside function error in Python
function, python
Solution
You can only return from inside a function and not from a loop.
It seems like your return should be outside the while loop, and your complete code should be inside a function.
def func():
N = int(input("enter a positive integer:"))
counter = 1
while (N > 0):
counter = counter * N
N -= 1
return counter # de-indent this 4 spaces to the left.
print func()
And if those codes are not inside a function, then you don't need a `return` at all. Just print the value of `counter` outside the `while loop`.
Problem
This is the problem: Given the following program in Python, suppose that the user enters the number 4 from the keyboard. What will be the value returned? ``` N = int(input("enter a positive integer:")) counter = 1 while (N > 0): counter = counter * N N = N - 1 return counter ``` Yet I keep getting a outside function error when I run the system what am I doing wrong? Thanks!