Python函数不返回变量

我不明白为什么打印功能会打印预期的输出 但是返回，没有返回

这是我的职责

#json search function:
def searchfunction(searches,query,myresults,i = 0):

    print('i:',i,'nr of searches',len(searches),'nr results:',len(myresults))
    newresults = []

    if i <= len(searches)-1:
        for item in myresults:
            for key in item:
                if key == searches[i]:
                    #print(key, item[key],query.split(','))
                    if item[key] in query.split(','):
                        #print(key, item[key], query.split(','))
                        newresults.append(item)
        i += 1
        myresults = newresults
        tmp = searchfunction(searches, query, myresults, i)
    else:
        print('print result:',myresults)
        return myresults

输出：

i: 0 nr of searches 5 nr results: 448
i: 1 nr of searches 5 nr results: 132
i: 2 nr of searches 5 nr results: 66
i: 3 nr of searches 5 nr results: 18
i: 4 nr of searches 5 nr results: 9
i: 5 nr of searches 5 nr results: 1

print result: [{'id': '4', 'label': 'GFX_watching-tv-netflix_ipl5_Female 25+_catch_6', 'Base name': 'watching-tv-netflix', 'Product featured': 'ipl5', 'Master Messaging': 'Female 25+', 'Phase': 'catch', 'length': '6', 'Asset 1': 'copy_press-play', 'options overrides': '', 'Asset 2': 'copy_on-smooth-skin', 'Asset 3': 'endcard_long-lasting-smooth-skin-your-way', 'Asset 4': ''}]

#???
result? None

尝试了很多变体，但没有成功…

#json搜索功能：
#json search function:
def searchfunction(searches,query,myresults,i = 0):

    print('i:',i,'nr of searches',len(searches),'nr results:',len(myresults))
    newresults = []

    if i <= len(searches)-1:
        for item in myresults:
            for key in item:
                if key == searches[i]:
                    #print(key, item[key],query.split(','))
                    if item[key] in query.split(','):
                        #print(key, item[key], query.split(','))
                        newresults.append(item)
        i += 1
        myresults = newresults
        return searchfunction(searches, query, myresults, i)
    else:
        return myresults

def searchfunction（搜索、查询、myresults，i=0）：
打印（'i:'，i，'nr of search'，len（搜索），'nr results:'，len（myresults））
新结果=[]
如果我告诉你，你从未对
tmp
做过任何事情。你将内部调用的结果分配给“searchfunction”给“tmp”，但你既不返回它，也不以任何方式使用它。我尝试过删除tmp=但没有解决问题……你必须显式返回内部调用的结果。这是否回答了你的问题？
#json search function:
def searchfunction(searches,query,myresults,i = 0):

    print('i:',i,'nr of searches',len(searches),'nr results:',len(myresults))
    newresults = []

    if i <= len(searches)-1:
        for item in myresults:
            for key in item:
                if key == searches[i]:
                    #print(key, item[key],query.split(','))
                    if item[key] in query.split(','):
                        #print(key, item[key], query.split(','))
                        newresults.append(item)
        i += 1
        myresults = newresults
        return searchfunction(searches, query, myresults, i)
    else:
        return myresults