# Returning Objects/Lists from Functions **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [November 25, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-objects-lists-from-functions/337096 "2019-11-25T16:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![b.perkins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/b.perkins/32/50493_2.png) [@b.perkins](https://community.thunkable.com/u/b.perkins)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-objects-lists-from-functions/337096/1 "2019-11-25T16:19:09Z")
Hi guys, I’ve searched the forum and not found anything exactly like this… In the following example, I cannot return an object from the function, but I can return a list. [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/2d4bd61f771a1bef5e3b9dce187058f6](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/2d4bd61f771a1bef5e3b9dce187058f6) Is this a bug? It seems like a bug. (I’ll be happy to report it, but I just want to check first.) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![b.perkins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/b.perkins/32/50493_2.png) [@b.perkins](https://community.thunkable.com/u/b.perkins)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-objects-lists-from-functions/337096/2 "2019-11-25T16:22:42Z")
Screenshot for anyone who doesn’t want to open the project… ![59](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/b/2b24c4ba834cf95efe67bd6da99927abece79136.png) ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-objects-lists-from-functions/337096/3 "2019-11-25T17:07:01Z")
Directly can’t, but through a variable ![изображение](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/8/e842f1f62183d2c2b36b7268cf32b5467e3cec6c.png) or this ![изображение](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/1/7/1725846754f296047d9eeda1cc76abb3285ae16b.png) or ![изображение](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/3/7/37ecf4479ab09ae4f517b2f2990f308abf2db971.png) ---
**Author:** ![b.perkins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/b.perkins/32/50493_2.png) [@b.perkins](https://community.thunkable.com/u/b.perkins)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-objects-lists-from-functions/337096/4 "2019-11-25T20:21:29Z")
Thanks for the workaround @actech, but I still think it’s a bug. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-objects-lists-from-functions/337096/5 "2019-11-26T09:46:03Z")
I agree. You can write to developers about this bug - [https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues](https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues) ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/mark/32/18133_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-objects-lists-from-functions/337096/6 "2019-11-26T18:17:17Z")
BTW, The bug looks to be slightly more complicated than just returning an object from a function. For example, in your repro app if you just have your function return `'get object from JSON [from Text_Input1 get Text]'`, then it will work correctly. -Mark ---
**Author:** ![b.perkins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/b.perkins/32/50493_2.png) [@b.perkins](https://community.thunkable.com/u/b.perkins)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-objects-lists-from-functions/337096/7 "2019-11-29T14:53:50Z")
> [@Mark](#): > > The bug looks to be slightly more complicated Thanks for looking into it Mark! ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-objects-lists-from-functions/337096/8 "2024-11-08T11:46:32Z")