my function looks like this:
def func(x): for i in range(x+1 to x+10): if (condition): return True else: func(i) return False
here, when we return True or False, the return value of the previous recursive call is not affected.
What I want to do is: if a recursive function returns True, the “base case function” should also return True immediately
A workaround I’ve found is using a nonlocal variable:
var = False def func(x): nonlocal var for i in range(x+1 to x+10): if (condition): var = True else: func(i) return var
but I was wondering if there was a nicer way to do the same
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Answer
It’s just this.
def func(x): for i in range(x+1 to x+10): if (condition): return True elif func(i): return True return False
Do use the return value of func(i)
as a boolean value.