Difference between Yield and Return in Python

Python Yield It is generally used to convert a regular Python function into a generator. A generator is a special function in Python that returns a generator object to the caller. Since it stores the local variable states, hence overhead of memory allocation is controlled. Example: Python3 1==

# Python3 code to demonstrate yield keyword 

# Use of yield
def printresult(String) : 
    for i in String: 
        if i == "e": 
            yield i 

# initializing string 
String = "GeeksforGeeks" 
ans = 0
print ("The number of 'e' in word is : ", end = "" ) 
String = String.strip() 

for j in printresult(String): 
    ans = ans + 1

print (ans) 

Output:

The number of 'e' in word is : 4

Python Return It is generally used for the end of the execution and “returns” the result to the caller statement. It can return all type of values and it returns None when there is no expression with the statement "return". Example: Python3

# A Python program to show return statement 
class Test:  
    def __init__(self):  
        self.str = "GeeksForGeeks"
        self.x = "Shubham Singh"   
    
# This function returns an object of Test  
def fun():  
    return Test()  
        
# Driver code to test above method  
t = fun()   
print(t.str)  
print(t.x) 

Output:

GeeksForGeeks
Shubham Singh

Difference between Python yield and Return