[FIXED] How do I use multiple variable from one function into another?

Issue

When I try to call a, b in function add, I get a is not defined even though I am returning the values. How do I make it return both a and b?

def numbers():
        a= input ("a:")
        a = int(a)
        b= input ("b:")
        b = int(b)
        return a
        return b
    
def add():
    numbers()
    print (a)
    print (b)
add()

Solution

A return statement almost always causes a function to immediately terminate, and no other statement in the function will run. So once you return a, you'll never get to return b. You need to return both of them at the same time.

Additionally, returning a value from a function will not automatically put those names into the scope that called the function. You need to manually assign the values to something.

def numbers():
       a= input ("a:")
       a = int(a)
       b= input ("b:")
       b = int(b)
       return a,b

def add():
    a,b = numbers()
    print (a)
    print (b)

add()

Answered By - Kevin