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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Shopping List Take Three

Posted by aa114
aa114
1,697 Points

What is "None"?

Kindly explain the key word "None" that was used in conditional statement. So little explanation was given.

Thanks

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

According to the docs: The sole value of the type NoneType. None is frequently used to represent the absence of a value, as when default arguments are not passed to a function. Assignments to None are illegal and raise a SyntaxError.

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!

aa114
aa114
1,697 Points

Thanks chris, i think i should get used to referring to the docs.

Mark Nembhard
Mark Nembhard
1,387 Points
Mark Nembhard
Mark Nembhard
1,387 Points

Thanks Chris. There is a tendency for the presenter to whip through these "basic examples" that include more than once concept that takes a little time for at least my brain to fully compute. I understand the logic of it but memorising the syntax of it and applying takes time and sometimes a check on the net for another explanation