Return value of print statement in Python

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In one book I found thatprint(print("any text")) returns the size of text inside the function. i.e. 8 Here

But in another book I found out that it returns None.

So which answer is true?
Or whether the 2nd answer is just an updated answer…?

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Answer 1

print() function doesn’t return anything (so it’s None). When you’re printing the output of a function which returns None, sure the output is None. So the 2nd book is correct.

>>> print(print())

None

If you want get the length of a string, you should use len() function:

>>> print(len("any text"))
8

Answered By: Remi Guan

Answer 2

In python return value of print is None. Maybe you are confusing it with C, where the "printf" function returns the number of characters printed.

Answered By: UglyCamel

Answer 3

At first innner print function is executed and the string in inner print function i.e, "any text" is printed.
After that it prints none

Answered By: Vigneshwara Reddy S

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