Method returns NoneType object

Question

Classes and Objects in Python

I'm creating a bot in discord.py, and I have a class which stores all the information related to the user, like name, settings, preferences etc. When I try to get the name of the user by calling the user.get_name() method(defined below), the method prints out the name and then returns a NoneType object as well! Why?

class User:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def get_name(self):
        print(self.name)

user = User("Mike")

When run, the program prints:

Mike
None

How does this happen?

Answer 1

Use return in get_name method,

class User:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def get_name(self):
        print(self.name)
        return self.name 

user = User("Mike")