Method returning None

[husksedgier]

class Employee:
    no_of_employees = 0
    raise_amount = 1.04

    def __init__(self, first, last, pay):
        self.first = first
        self.last = last
        self.pay = pay
        self.email = first + '.' + last + '@company.com'

    def fullname(self) -> str:
        return '{} {}'.format(self.first, self.last)

    def apply_raise(self):
        self.pay = int(self.pay * self.raise_amount)


Emp1 = Employee('foo', 'bar', 50000)

print(Emp1.apply_raise())

Output:
None

I would like to understand where I am going wrong. I am expecting the output to be 52,000.

[Gribouillis]

I would like to understand where I am going wrong.

All functions without a return statement return None in Python. If you want to return another value, include a return statement.

In your case however, apply_raise() is a "procedure", logically speaking: it does something (apply a raise) but it does not need to return any value. You could perhaps execute the action, then print the employee's pay instead of the result of the function.

[husksedgier]

I would like to understand where I am going wrong.

All functions without a return statement return None in Python. If you want to return another value, include a return statement.

In your case however, apply_raise() is a "procedure", logically speaking: it does something (apply a raise) but it does not need to return any value. You could perhaps execute the action, then print the employee's pay instead of the result of the function.

Thanks a ton for shedding light... I'm still waddling through the Python jungle, barely out of the crib!