python - Recursive function run on False condition returning None

Question

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Answer 1

You're not capturing the return value from the call inside the else statement, so matches remains empty.

else:
    matches = match_player_names(input_name, player_dict=get_player_dict())

or simply

else:
    return match_player_names(input_name, player_dict=get_player_dict())