Save results to a variable

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I created N to combine test1 and test2 making it 1 line 10 digits

How do I assign a variable that carries this whole function? So I could use
print A and it prints N 10 times. I need to use results in future for something else.
Outside of the code below N prints the whole thing just once. I don't want to use

print N
print N
print N
print N...

Here's the original code

for i in range(10):
    test1 = stats.rv_discrete(name='test1', values=(numbers, probability))
    test1_results = test1.rvs(size=8)
    test2 = stats.rv_discrete(name='test2', values=(numbers2, probability2))
    test2_results = test2.rvs(size=2)
    N =  str(test1_results) + str(test2_results)  
   print ''.join(str(v) for v in N)

just put that inside a function with `def x():` – Tim Jul 11 '16 at 17:12 — Tim, Jul 11 '16 at 17:12
I tried def before. It's giving me None as an answer – Aset Jul 12 '16 at 14:54 — Aset, Jul 12 '16 at 14:54
you have to `return variable` at the end of the function. – Tim Jul 12 '16 at 16:45 — Tim, Jul 12 '16 at 16:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 11 '16 at 17:18

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You'd be better off writing this as a function instead of storing the information in a variable.

def myFunction():
    for i in range(10):
        test1 = stats.rv_discrete(name='test1', values=(numbers, probability))
        test1_results = test1.rvs(size=8)
        test2 = stats.rv_discrete(name='test2', values=(numbers2, probability2))
        test2_results = test2.rvs(size=2) 
        N =  str(test1_results) + str(test2_results)  
    return ''.join(str(v) for v in N)

After defining this function you can say A = myFunction() and then write print A.

answered Jul 11 '16 at 17:18

xandermonkey

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ok now I'm running into other problem. It wont stop printing results until it gives me RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded I needed 10 results only – Aset Jul 13 '16 at 12:46
Please read up on what a function is. Also, read about what [recursion](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/717725/understanding-recursion) is. You're clearly writing a recursive call in the definition of your function without any base case to end the recursion at. This is not required to solve your problem. If you want more help, provide more detail into your code and what your problem is. – xandermonkey Jul 13 '16 at 13:34

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