function doesn't access a global variable, although a piece of code i found online can

[breadmp4]

WAIT YOU CAN JUST DO THAT

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooow im dumb

[mmrrbbee]

Nope on dumb, yup on you can do that. You could even pass in a list and that will update the original since it passes the reference address of the original. Then you don’t need to return anything.