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Hi All,
What is right way to access a returned result of a task which is a python class object? In my case I have a task that returns a python object; but attempting to access it with simple variable assignment seems to output NULL as a value for that value.

Could you show me what you are trying? do you do this in the Flow?

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Yes, within the with context of the Flow, I’m accessing a task return type and using it later…

Oh don’t use `if` inside the Flow, use the `case` task instead. Are you looping in the flow?

Thank you! but my main problem was the `sik` variable I’m expecting to hold a python object after task is run. It is coming out as `None` ; any idea?

Ah gotcha when you log the `sik.target` it is None right?

So I think when you log, this `sik` is not defined because the loggers are ran before the tasks are. The `Flow` block is like a build time but the tasks are executed during the runtime. You are getting `None` because you are logging the task `sik` and tasks have a proper called `target` which is where they can be saved. If you try `<http://logger.info|logger.info>(sik.test_attribute)` that does not share a name with a Task attribute, I think you will an error.

So are you suggesting to modify code here then? Sorry, I kinda understood your explanation, but not sure if you’re proposing a solution?

There is not quite a solution unless you defer the logger statements as well. Logging statements in the Flow block are not deferred.

`logger` statements are used here to help understand the environment execution; main objective is to realize if the `sik` object is properly instantiated with the other task above it.

I know but I’m saying I think you need to log it inside a Task or downstream Task instead of the Flow block.

Oh got it. I’ll try other things, I just wish there was more examples I could look at tho!

Run this code snippet:
```from prefect import task, Flow
import prefect

@task
def abc(x):
    return x

@task
def log(x):
    logger = prefect.context.get("logger")
    <http://logger.info|logger.info>(x)
    return x

with Flow("test") as flow:
    logger = prefect.context.get("logger")
    a = abc(1)
    <http://logger.info|logger.info>(a)
    log(a)

flow.run()```

The `<http://logger.info|logger.info>(a)` logs a task. The `log` task shows the value.