Q.With the help of an example show how can you return more than one value from a function.

A Python function can return several comma-separated values — they are packed into a tuple, which the caller can unpack:

def arithmetic(a, b):
    total = a + b
    diff = a - b
    prod = a * b
    return total, diff, prod      # returns the tuple (total, diff, prod)

result = arithmetic(10, 4)
print(result)                     # the whole tuple
s, d, p = arithmetic(10, 4)       # tuple unpacking
print("Sum =", s, "Difference =", d, "Product =", p)

(14, 6, 40)
Sum = 14 Difference = 6 Product = 40
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Idea. A function's return statement can carry only one object — but that object can be a tuple, and Python makes this seamless: writing return x, y, z automatically packs the three values into the tuple (x, y, z). On the calling side, tuple unpacking — a, b, c = f() — splits it back into individual variables. This is how Python idiomatically "returns more than one value".

Example — one function computing three results:

def arithmetic(a, b):
    """Return the sum, difference and product of a and b."""
    total = a + b
    diff = a - b
    prod = a * b
    return total, diff, prod       # tuple packing: (total, diff, prod)

# Way 1: receive the whole tuple
result = arithmetic(10, 4)
print(result)
print(type(result))

# Way 2: unpack into separate variables
s, d, p = arithmetic(10, 4)
print("Sum =", s)
print("Difference =", d)
print("Product =", p)

Output

(14, 6, 40)
<class 'tuple'>
Sum = 14
Difference = 6
Product = 40

Key lines:

• return total, diff, prod — the commas build a tuple; parentheses are optional here. …