How do you append to an existing function?

Question

I'm having trouble appending to an existing function.

def functionA(self):
  var1 = hi
  var2 = bye

Class A(object):
  def functionB(self)
    var1 = hi  <-- insert functionA here
    var2 = bye
    var3 = "something not in functionA"

Sorry I know this is probably basic, but I can't find this anywhere. The closest I've found is here Python add to a function dynamically . Thanks in advance for your help!

Thats probably as close as you are going to get. You'd usually do that with inheritance, which is not really append. — Tony Hopkinson, Oct 21 '13 at 00:53
XY problem - what are you trying to ultimately accomplish that can't be done by just **calling** `functionA()` from `functionB()`? — millimoose, Oct 21 '13 at 00:54
@millimoose I'm just trying to simplify my code. I want all the variables from functionA in functionB. — mrmo123, Oct 21 '13 at 00:56
Hm, I misassumed you were trying to do something needlessly advanced. Whoops. — millimoose, Oct 21 '13 at 01:01

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '13 at 00:51

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def functionA():
    var1 = hi
    var2 = bye
    return (var1, var2)


class A(object):
    def functionB(self):
        var1, var2 = functionA()
        var3 = "something not in functionA"

how about that?

answered Oct 21 '13 at 00:51

jeyraof

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thanks! I wasn't expecting an answer like this, but it works for my application! – mrmo123 Oct 21 '13 at 00:58

How do you append to an existing function?

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