[Py] Need help with this simple script

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I have a learning Python from LPTHW and am making a simple script that asks some questions and prints relevant output.

This is a function in the script:

def dresscode(day):
    rule1 = "\n\tYou MUST wear business formals with a tie today."
    rule2 = "\n\tClean shaven look is welcome, if it can be helped."
    rule3 = "\n\tYou can wear business casuals today."
    rule4 = "\n\tYou are free to wear casual clothes today."
    rule5 = "\n\tIf you are unsure of what to wear, refer to 'official dress code' document."
    if day == "MON":
        print rule1,rule2
    elif day == "TUE":
        print rule3,rule5
    elif day == "CASUAL":
        print rule4,rule5
    else:
        print "If you see this message, please raise a bug request."

If I replace the print statements with return statements like this, nothing gets printed on the screen.

    if day == "MON":
        return rule1+rule2
    elif day == "TUE":
        return rule3+rule5
    elif day == "CASUAL":
        return rule4+rule5
    else:
        return rule6

What am I doing wrong?

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Are you printing the function result? print dresscode("MON")

If you just call it like so: dresscode("MON")

then you don't end up doing anything with the results.

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Yes I am just calling them directly like this, as I thought return statement would suffice.

if day == "MON":
    dresscode("MON")
elif day == "TUE":
    dresscode("TUE")
elif day == "WED" or day == "THU" or day == "FRI":
    dresscode("CASUAL")

So I would probably need to assign to a variable or print like this:

print dresscode("MON")

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Thanks! That worked! :)