Return outside function error in Python

Question

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  gt  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

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You have a return statement that isn t in a function   Functions are started by the def keyword   def function argument       return  something   print function  foo     prints  something    return has no meaning outside of a function  and so python raises an error

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As already explained by the other contributers  you could print out the counter and then replace the return with a break statement   N   int input  enter a positive integer     counter   1 while  N  gt  0       counter   counter   N     N   N - 1     print counter      break

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You are not writing your code inside any function  you can return from functions only  Remove return statement and just print the value you want

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It basically occours when you return from a loop you can only return from function

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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  gt  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

[python] Return outside function error in Python

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