Can I store a variable inside of a function?

[ericyan1234]

I currently have a variable in one of my functions. A separate function after it utilizes the variable but cannot seem to use it and creates a syntax error. Is it possible to store a variable inside of a function?

[bvdet]

Can you post some code that demonstrates your issue?

[ericyan1234]

My code is a bit long so I'll sum it up here.

def weapon():
   weapon = raw_input("What weapon would you like?")
def forest_troll():
   return "You stroke out with your " + weapon + "."
weapon(x)
forest_troll()

it results in a syntax error when i try to pull the value of the variable from the previous function.
Also, the spaces/indents didnt show up sorry

[bvdet]

Return the weapon selection in function weapon() similar to:

>>> def weapon():
...     return raw_input("What weapon would you like?")
... 
>>> def forest_troll(w):
...     return "You stroke out with your " + w + "."
... 
>>> forest_troll(weapon())
'You stroke out with your Knife.'
>>> 

Your code will indent properly by using code tags.

[ericyan1234]

@bvdet
I tried your suggested code but it didn't work for me?

[bvdet]

What did not work about it? It does work as you can see. How did you attempt to apply it?