Problem with nesting of functions

Hello

In the context of an exercise on Bitcoin chains (hashing, etc.) I have a problem with the use of functions:
First, I define a function which modifies a list L0 to elaborate a list L1

def function_1( L0, variable…)
… instructions

…L0=L1
…return L0
function ([0,1,2,3], variable values…)

This script works perfectly

But I have to create a 2nd function that iterates 10 times the function_1, replacing each time the initial list L0 by the list L1 produced in the previous round
for that I created the instruction L0=L1 at the end of the function_1
Then I don’t really know how to continue , I have tried :

def function_2_iteration (n):
…for i in range (0,n):
…function_1 (L0, values of variables …)
function_2_iteration (10)

But I get an error message “L0 is not defined…”… in the call of function_1 in function_2

it seems that it is not possible to call a list by its name instead of its full expression

same problem if I put the loop in the function_1 without creating the function_2

thank you for your help
Sincerely

Hi Christian, and welcome.

You will find it easier to talk and reason about your code if you can
think of better names than “function_1”. Try to come up with names which
describe what the function does, if you can.

You have this function:

def function_2_iteration (n):
    for i in range (0,n):
        function_1 (L0, values of variables ..)

function_2_iteration (10)

But I get an error message “L0 is not defined…”… in the call of function_1 in function_2

Indeed. That’s because you don’t have a variable called L0 defined.

You need something like this:

L0 = [1, 2, 3, 4]  # initial values for the list
for i in range(n):
    L0 = function_1(L0, other variables...)

That starts with an initial value for the list L0, then each time
through the loop, the variable L0 gets replaced with the new values
calculated in function_1.

Hi steven
Thanks for your answer and your advice to better designate the functions …but to simplify I keep the names for the post

I am sorry but the proposed solution does not work:

at the 1st round L0 is reset to [1,2,3,4,5]
then there is a block because function_2 calls a calculation on a list in function_1
“File “D:\0-Python\test_8.py”, line 11, in tour_bloc l1[i]=l0[i]”
‘"TypeError:NoneType’ object is not subscriptable"

After searching the documentation, it appears that it is impossible to call a local variable, unless it is defined as global before
So I defined L1 as global , in function_1 (not possible for L0) and I could call it in function_2:

def function_2_iteration (n):
…for j in range (0,n):
…function_1(L1,[7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23],100)
function_2_iteration (9)

and it works fine … problem solved

Thanks
Sincerely