Last statement in a do block must be an expression?

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I am hitting a snag in the scenario. I hope you can help pinpoint the problem

example = scenario do

  alice <- getParty "Alice"
  bob <- getParty "Bob"
  let citizenkey = CitizenKey with citizen = alice ; id = "1"
  let citizeninfo = CitizenInfo with  citizendetail1 = "Text1" ; citizendetail2 ="Text2" ; citizendetail3 = "Text3" 

  submit alice do 
    create CitizenRegistration with registrationCid = citizenkey; registrationData = citizeninfo

 
  let citizenkey = CitizenKey with citizen = bob ; id = "2" 
  let citizeninfo = CitizenInfo with  citizendetail1 = "Text1" ; citizendetail2 ="Text2" ; citizendetail3 = "Text3" 

  bobregistration <- submit bob do 
    create CitizenRegistration with 
      registrationCid = citizenkey; registrationData = citizeninfo

I trying to understand the correct format for

     bobregistration <- submit bob do 
    create CitizenRegistration with 
      registrationCid = citizenkey; registrationData = citizeninfo

It gives me the following error

error:
    The last statement in a 'do' block must be an expression
      bobregistration <- submit
                           bob
                           do create
                                CitizenRegistration
                                  {registrationCid = citizenkey, registrationData = citizeninfo}typecheck
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Hey @bartcant. It looks to me like you need a return statement at the end of your scenario. Without a return statement, you won’t be able to return the result for both Alice and Bob’s registration.

example = scenario do

  alice <- getParty "Alice"
  bob <- getParty "Bob"
  let citizenkey = CitizenKey with citizen = alice ; id = "1"
  let citizeninfo = CitizenInfo with  citizendetail1 = "Text1" ; citizendetail2 ="Text2" ; citizendetail3 = "Text3" 

  aliceRegistration <- submit alice do  create CitizenRegistration with registrationCid = citizenkey; registrationData = citizeninfo

  let citizenkey = CitizenKey with citizen = bob ; id = "2" 
  let citizeninfo = CitizenInfo with  citizendetail1 = "Text1" ; citizendetail2 ="Text2" ; citizendetail3 = "Text3" 

  bobRegistration <- submit bob do create CitizenRegistration with registrationCid = citizenkey; registrationData = citizeninfo
  return(aliceRegistration, bobRegistration)
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That’s right. It looks like formatting of the do in

is fine but the compiler is complaining about the top level scenario:

As @jamesljaworski85 pointed out, the last statement of a do can’t be a <- (or let) binding. However it could be something other than return if it has the right type, e.g. a create.

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