In python, if a function doesn’t have a return statement, what does it return? [duplicate]

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If a function doesn’t specify a return value, it returns None.

In an if/then conditional statement, None evaluates to False. So in theory you could check the return value of this function for success/failure. I say “in theory” because for the code in this question, the function does not catch or handle exceptions and may require additional hardening.

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