#I'm making a battling system and am running into a problem. I need to get two variables that are in
#the function encounter() and use them in the function battle() which is inside encounter()
#if it wasn't inside of the function I could just use return and then make a variable equal 
#to the function but since it is inside the function that isn't working.
#I need to get monster_hp and player_hp inside battle()
 
def encounter(): #battle system
    battling, monster_name = rand_mon() #which monster you battle (actually their stats)
    player_hp = player.stats.hp
    monster_hp = battling.hp
    return(player_hp, monster_hp)
    def battle():
        while monster_hp > 0 and player_hp > 0:
            damage_this_turn = math.floor((random.randint(1, 5) * (player.stats.attack - battling.defense) / 2)/random.randint(2,4)) #equation for dealing damage
            monster_damage_this_turn = math.floor((random.randint(1, 5) * (battling.attack - player.stats.defense) / 2)/random.randint(2,4))
            if damage_this_turn <= 0: #never deal 0 damage
                damage_this_turn = 1
 
            print("You have dealt " + str(damage_this_turn) + " damage to the " + monster_name + " this turn. It has " + str(monster_hp - damage_this_turn) + "hp left.")
            monster_hp -= damage_this_turn
 
            print("The monster has dealt " + str(monster_damage_this_turn) + " damage to you this turn. You have " + str(player_hp - monster_damage_this_turn) + "hp left.")
            player_hp -= monster_damage_this_turn
            battle()
    battle()

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