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Many people use return rather than yield but in some cases yield can be more efficient and easier to work with.

Here is an example which yield is definitely best for:

return (in function)

import random

def return_dates():
    dates = [] # with return you need to create a list then return it
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        dates.append(date)
    return dates

yield (in function)

def yield_dates():
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        yield date # yield makes a generator automatically which works in a similar way, this is much more efficient

Calling functions

dates_list = return_dates()
print(dates_list)
for i in dates_list:
    print(i)
    
dates_generator = yield_dates()
print(dates_generator)
for i in  dates_generator:
    print(i)

Both functions do the same thing but yield uses 3 lines instead of 5 and has one less variable to worry about.

This is the result from the code:

As you can see both functions do the same thing, the only difference is return_dates() gives a list and yield_dates() gives a generator

A real life example would be something like reading a file line by line or if you just want to make a generator

Many people use return rather than yield, but in some cases yield can be more efficient and easier to work with.

Here is an example which yield is definitely best for:

return (in function)

import random

def return_dates():
    dates = [] # With 'return' you need to create a list then return it
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        dates.append(date)
    return dates

yield (in function)

def yield_dates():
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        yield date # 'yield' makes a generator automatically which works
                   # in a similar way. This is much more efficient.

Calling functions

dates_list = return_dates()
print(dates_list)
for i in dates_list:
    print(i)

dates_generator = yield_dates()
print(dates_generator)
for i in dates_generator:
    print(i)

Both functions do the same thing, but yield uses three lines instead of five and has one less variable to worry about.

This is the result from the code:

As you can see both functions do the same thing. The only difference is return_dates() gives a list and yield_dates() gives a generator.

A real life example would be something like reading a file line by line or if you just want to make a generator.

Many people use return rather than yield but in some cases yield can be more efficient and easier to work with.

Here is an example which yield is definitely best for:

return

import random

def return_dates():
    dates = [] # with return you need to create a list then return it
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        dates.append(date)
    return dates

yield

def yield_dates():
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        yield date # yield makes a generator automatically which works in a similar way, this is much more efficient

Output

dates_list = return_dates()
print(dates_list)
for i in dates_list:
    print(i)
    
dates_generator = yield_dates()
print(dates_generator)
for i in  dates_generator:
    print(i)

Both functions do the same thing but yield uses 3 lines instead of 5 and has one less variable to worry about.

This is the result from the code:

As you can see both functions do the same thing, the only difference is return_dates() gives a list and yield_dates() gives a generator

A real life example would be something like reading a file line by line or if you just want to make a generator

Many people use return rather than yield but in some cases yield can be more efficient and easier to work with.

Here is an example which yield is definitely best for:

return (in function)

import random

def return_dates():
    dates = [] # with return you need to create a list then return it
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        dates.append(date)
    return dates

yield (in function)

def yield_dates():
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        yield date # yield makes a generator automatically which works in a similar way, this is much more efficient

Calling functions

dates_list = return_dates()
print(dates_list)
for i in dates_list:
    print(i)
    
dates_generator = yield_dates()
print(dates_generator)
for i in  dates_generator:
    print(i)

Both functions do the same thing but yield uses 3 lines instead of 5 and has one less variable to worry about.

This is the result from the code:

As you can see both functions do the same thing, the only difference is return_dates() gives a list and yield_dates() gives a generator

A real life example would be something like reading a file line by line or if you just want to make a generator

Many people use return rather than yield but in some cases yield can be more efficient and easier to work with.

Here is an example which yield is definitely best for:

import random

def return_dates():
    dates = [] # with return you need to create a list then return it
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        dates.append(date)
    return dates
 
def yield_dates():
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        yield date # yield makes a generator automatically which works in a similar way, this is much more efficient
 
dates_list = return_dates()
print(dates_list)
for i in dates_list:
    print(i)
    
dates_generator = yield_dates()
print(dates_generator)
for i in  dates_generator:
    print(i)

Both functions do the same thing but yield uses 3 lines instead of 5 and has one less variable to worry about.

This is the result from the code:

As you can see both functions do the same thing, the only difference is return_dates() gives a list and yield_dates() gives a generator

A real life example would be something like reading a file line by line or if you just want to make a generator

Many people use return rather than yield but in some cases yield can be more efficient and easier to work with.

Here is an example which yield is definitely best for:

return

import random

def return_dates():
    dates = [] # with return you need to create a list then return it
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        dates.append(date)
    return dates

yield

def yield_dates():
    for i in range(5):
        date = random.choice(["1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "6th", "7th", "8th", "9th", "10th"])
        yield date # yield makes a generator automatically which works in a similar way, this is much more efficient

Output

dates_list = return_dates()
print(dates_list)
for i in dates_list:
    print(i)
    
dates_generator = yield_dates()
print(dates_generator)
for i in  dates_generator:
    print(i)

Both functions do the same thing but yield uses 3 lines instead of 5 and has one less variable to worry about.

This is the result from the code:

As you can see both functions do the same thing, the only difference is return_dates() gives a list and yield_dates() gives a generator

A real life example would be something like reading a file line by line or if you just want to make a generator