Function blocked (Python)

Question

A loop is blocking the function changeStockPrice, making variable stockA the default value (0.2). Please tell me the problem and how to fix it

I'm pretty sure changeStockPrice is the problem as:

print(get_stocklist())

This gets the default value (0.2)

print(round(abs(stockA + random.randint(-20, 20)/10),1))

This works perfectly (ranging from 0 to 2.2)

This is a simplified version of my code:

import random
import time

stockA = 0.2

def get_stocklist():
  response = f"""Stocks：
  1E Discord {stockA}
  """
  return(response)

def changeStockPrice(stock):
  stock = round(abs(stock + random.randint(-20, 20)/10),1)
  return(stock)

def stockPriceChanger():
  global stockA

  while True:
    time.sleep(5)
    stockA = changeStockPrice(stockA)

print(get_stocklist())
print(round(abs(stockA + random.randint(-20, 20)/10),1))

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65882172/function-blocked-python

Answer 1

def stockPriceChanger():
  global stockA

  while True:
    time.sleep(5)
    stockA = changeStockPrice(stockA)
    yield  #break (if you want to break it)

Here, the function goes in the infinite Loop. To avoid this situation you must break the while loop or put some condition to break it.