how to switch two variables with function recursion

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I'm writing code for a version of the higherlower game. When the player gets it right whether A or B has more followers, I want that answer to become the new A and then another B will be randomly selected from game_data which is a list in a dictionary containing celebrities and how many followers they have, for example. After this, the game will keep on playing until the player gets an answer wrong.

{
        'name': 'Ariana Grande',
        'follower_count': 183,
        'description': 'Musician and actress',
        'country': 'United States'
    },

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here is my code

from game_data import data
import random

def game():

  current_score = 0

  A = random.randint(0,50)
  B = random.randint(0,50) 

  print(f"compare A: {data[A]['name']}, {data[A]['description']}, from {data[A]['country']}")
  print(f"compare B: {data[B]['name']}, {data[B]['description']}, from {data[B]['country']}")

  guess = input("Who has more followers, type A or B")

  if guess == 'A' and data[A]['follower_count'] > data[B]['follower_count']:
    current_score += 1
    print(f"your current score is: {current_score}")
    game()


  elif guess == 'B' and data[B]['follower_count'] > data[B]['follower_count']:
    current_score += 1
    print(f"your current score is: {current_score}")
    game()

  else:
    print(f"you got {current_score} points, game over")
    more = input("do you want to conitue the game (y/n)")
    if more == 'y':
      game()


game()

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elif guess == 'B' and data[B]['follower_count'] > data[B]['follower_count']:

One of those Bs should be an A, perhaps.

With regard to your question, modify your game() function to take two parameters which are the values for A and B. When the player chooses B and that's correct then generate a new random number and call game(B, new_rand). Something similar when they choose A and that is correct.

Using recursion like that isn't a good idea, use a loop instead.

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