How to assign a variable in an IF condition, and then return it?

Question

def isBig(x):
   if x > 4: 
       return \'apple\'
   else: 
       return \'orange\'

This works:

if isBig(y): return isBig(y)
         


        

Answer 1

This doesn't work due to intentional language design, but you can use this trick to get around this decision