Syntax Error: 'return' outside function: my indentations seem to be correct [duplicate]

Question

So first of all im writing a program that will total up all of the values in a list / array and heres what i got so far

    def go( ann ):
    total = 0
for i in range(0,len(ann)):
    total = total+ann[i]
    return total

print ( go( [-99,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12345] ) )
print ( go( [10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,-99] ) )
print ( go( [10,20,30,40,50,-11818,40,30,20,10] ) )
print ( go( [32767] ) )
print ( go( [255,255] ) )
print ( go( [9,10,-88,100,-555,1000] ) )
print ( go( [10,10,10,11,456] ) )
print ( go( [-111,1,2,3,9,11,20,30] ) )
print ( go( [9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,0,-2,-989] ) )
print ( go( [12,15,18,21,23,1000] ) )
print ( go( [250,19,17,15,13,11,10,9,6,3,2,1,-455] ) )
print ( go( [9,10,-8,10000,-5000,1000] ) )

now what i may belive is wrong is probably my code and has to do something with the range function? anything will help on why i keep getting 'return' outside function

I have tried looking at other post but they didnt help too much

Suyash Krishna · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-31 04:40:56Z

Your indentation is incorrect - The loop statement should be indented in the same line as other statements and the loop body should be indented one level inside the loop statement. The return statement will have the same indentation level as the other statements.

Try this:

def go( ann ):
    total = 0
    for i in range(0,len(ann)):
        total = total+ann[i]
    return total

print ( go( [-99,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12345] ) )
print ( go( [10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,-99] ) )
print ( go( [10,20,30,40,50,-11818,40,30,20,10] ) )
print ( go( [32767] ) )
print ( go( [255,255] ) )
print ( go( [9,10,-88,100,-555,1000] ) )
print ( go( [10,10,10,11,456] ) )
print ( go( [-111,1,2,3,9,11,20,30] ) )
print ( go( [9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,0,-2,-989] ) )
print ( go( [12,15,18,21,23,1000] ) )
print ( go( [250,19,17,15,13,11,10,9,6,3,2,1,-455] ) )
print ( go( [9,10,-8,10000,-5000,1000] ) )

Hartek66 · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-31 04:52:49Z

1

Indentation is the problem here. Always remember indentation is important in Python. Your for loop is not indented properly, i.e. it's outside the function where your total variable is declared.

def go( ann ):
    total = 0

    for i in range(0,len(ann)): #first indentation mistake fixed
        total = total+ann[i] #second indentation mistake fixed
    return total

From your print statements, the output should be:

answered Mar 31, 2021 at 4:52

Hartek66

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