Access function variable outside of function?

Question

So I\'m a beginner, and this is for a class I\'m taking. I know about return, but it\'s not letting me do what I\'m trying to do in this piece of code

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Answer 1

Variables inside functions disappear ("go out of scope") when the function returns.

To get a value out of a function, you need to do two things:

1. In the function - return a value, or values.

2. When you call the function - save the value, or values. You do that by setting a variable equal to the result of the function: flavour = display_cookies().

Consider this example:

def answer_to_life():
    answer = 42
    return answer

ans = answer_to_life()
print (ans)             # output: 42

Note that I've used a different variable name inside the function (answer) and outside (ans). You could use the same name, but that can confuse you early in your education.