Problems putting a for loop into a function (Python3)

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I have been attempting to write a card-game in python 3, and I have been using a for loop to transfer cards from a deck list to hand list. I'm attempting to put this into a function, but command prompt crashes. help?

from random import *
print("Sam's Casino")
cards = ['1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','10','J',
'Q','K','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','10','J',
'Q','K','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','10','J',
'Q','K','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','10','J',
'Q','K']
shuffle(cards)
print(cards)
hand1 = []
hand2 = []
count = 0
def deal(cards):
    for card in cards:
        if count < 4:
            hand1.append(card)
            count += 1
        if count > 3 and count < 8:
            hand2.append(card)
            count += 1

deal(cards)
print(hand1)
print(hand2)
input('>')

Edit: No error is recieved, it simply closes.

Answer 1

UnboundLocalError: local variable 'count' referenced before assignment

Put count inside the function deal

def deal(cards):
    count = 0
    for card in cards:
        if count < 4:
            hand1.append(card)
            count += 1
        if count > 3 and count < 8:
            hand2.append(card)
            count += 1

This works.