Python return statement error return outside function

Question

When running the following code  in Python 2 7 1 on a mac with Mac OS X 10 7   while True      return False   I get the following error  SyntaxError   return  outside function   I ve carefully checked for errant tabs and or spaces  I can confirm that the code fails with the above error when I use the recommended 4 spaces of indentation  This behavior also happens when the return is placed inside of other control statements  e g  if  for  etc     Any help would be appreciated  Thanks

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As per the documentation on the return statement  return may only occur syntactically nested in a function definition  The same is true for yield

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Use quit   in this context  break expects to be inside a loop  and return expects to be inside a function

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The return statement only makes sense inside functions   def foo        while True          return False

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To break a loop  use break instead of return    Or put the loop or control construct into a function  only functions can return values

[python] Python return statement error " 'return' outside function"

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