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Page Chapter 5. Functions
Practice Quiz

Chapter 5. Functions > Practice Quiz on O'reilly media platform:
In Question 3 of the practice quiz, one of the answer choices incorrectly repeats the question itself instead of providing an answer option.
Question:
“What happens when named return values are declared, but not explicitly used or assigned within a function?”

One of the listed answer choices repeats the same question:

“What happens when named return values are declared, but not explicitly used or assigned within a function?”

Note from the Author or Editor:
This has been corrected.

 Anonymous  Aug 17, 2026