{"id":34418,"date":"2023-03-05T12:30:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-changing-string-into-integers-for-variables-inside-function-python\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T12:30:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T07:00:49","slug":"solved-changing-string-into-integers-for-variables-inside-function-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-changing-string-into-integers-for-variables-inside-function-python\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Changing string into integers for variables inside function, Python"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-24975512\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"24975512\" data-parentid=\"24975410\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>The variable <code>n<\/code> inside the function is <em>distinct<\/em> from the expression (or variable) supplied as an argument. As such, assigning to <code>n<\/code> inside the function will <em>not<\/em> affect any of the variables outside. (This is because Python is <em>not<\/em> Call By Reference.)<\/p>\n<p>Instead, use the return value, eg.<\/p>\n<pre><code>def classifyInput(n):    \n    if n == \"r\":\n        return 1\n    elif n == \"s\":\n        return 2\n    elif n == \"p\":\n        return 3\n    else:\n        print \"Wrong input!\"\n        # implicit: return None\n\np1_inp = raw_input(\"Player 1 ?\")\np1 = classifyInput(p1_inp)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">4<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Changing string into integers for variables inside function, Python <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The variable n inside the function is distinct from the expression (or variable) supplied as an argument. 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