“Return” in Function only Returning one Value

Question

Let\'s say I write a for loop that will output all the numbers 1 to x:

x=4
for number in xrange(1,x+1):
    print number,
#Output:
1
2
3
4

Answer 1

Once return in a function, the function ends and the remaining code won't be excuted any more. Your second solution is good and if you want better solution, you can use generator:

def counter(x):
    for number in xrange(1,x+1):
        yield number

And then you can use it like this:

>>> for i in counter(5):
...     print i
... 
1
2
3
4
5