Assign a print statement to a variable in a function in Python 2.7

Question

I\'m trying to assign a print statement to a variable in a function:

def namer(fn, ln=\'Smith\'):
    # return value, default value
    r = print \"Your name is          


        

Answer 1

The print statement only prints the value to your monitor. It doesn't make any sense to assign it to a variable.

If your code is meant to store the string in the variable r, then:

r = "Your name is " + fn + " "+ ln

This would work provided fn is a string, if not:

r= "Your name is " + str(fn) +" "+ ln