Can anyone help me find the mistake ,I’m having hard time finding mistake in my code

Question

#simple python console bot
x = input ("say hi")

def gender():
gend = input("your gender?(male or female)")

def user_name():
user = input("enter your name ?")
print("hello", user)
return ;

if x == "hi":
user_name()
gender()

if gend == "male":
print ("hello mr.",user)

elif gend == "female":
print ("hello mrs.",user)

elif x == "bye":
print ("bye")

Answer 1

"gend" is a local variable in the function gender() and cannot be used/accessed outside of the function. That's why you'll get a NameError if you try to run the code.

You could declare a global variable and change it in the function like this:

gend = '' # declare global variable

def gender():
global gend # use global variable within the function
gend = input("your gender?(male or female)")

Same with "user" and the function user_name().