Beginner question returning a boolean value from a function in Python

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I m trying to get this rock paper scissors game to either return a Boolean value  as in set player wins to True or False  depending on if the player wins  or to refactor this code entirely so that it doesn t use a while loop   I m coming from the sysadmin side of the world  so please be gentle if this is written in the wrong style   I have tried a few things  and I understand TIMTOWTDI  and would just like some input    Thanks   import random  global player wins player wins None  def rps         player score   0     cpu score   0      while player score  lt  3 and cpu score  lt  3           WEAPONS    Rock    Paper    Scissors           for i in range 0  3             print   d  s     i   1  WEAPONS i            player   int input   Choose from 1-3      - 1         cpu   random choice range 0  3            print   s vs  s     WEAPONS player   WEAPONS cpu           if cpu    player            if  player - cpu    3  lt   cpu - player    3              player score    1             print  Player wins  d games n    player score           else              cpu score    1             print  CPU wins  d games n    cpu score         else            print  tie  n  rps     I m trying to do something like this      print   s vs  s     WEAPONS player   WEAPONS cpu       if cpu    player        if  player - cpu    3  lt   cpu - player    3          player score    1         print  Player wins  d games n    player score         if player score    3              return player wins  True       else          cpu score    1         print  CPU wins  d games n    cpu score         if cpu score    3              return player wins  False     else        print  tie  n

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Have your tried using the  return  keyword   def rps        return True

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Ignoring the refactoring issues  you need to understand functions and return values   You don t need a global at all   Ever   You can do this   def rps          Code to determine if player wins     if player wins          return True      return False   Then  just assign a value to the variable outside this function like so   player wins   rps     It will be assigned the return value  either True or False  of the function you just called     After the comments  I decided to add that idiomatically  this would be better expressed thus    def rps            Code to determine if player wins  assigning a boolean value  True or False         to the variable player wins        return player wins   pw   rps     This assigns the boolean value of player wins  inside the function  to the pw variable outside the function

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