Rock Paper Scissors (Need help)

[Lukili]

So i've been trying to figure out what is wrong here but i think that i dont have enough experience in python yet.
Can anyone point out my mistake here?

def main():
    choice = input("Pick one: 1)Rock 2)Paper 3)Scissors | Answer: ")
    if (choice == "1"):
        print (">You chose rock!<")
    if (choice == "2"):
        print (">You chose paper!<")
    if (choice == "3"):
        print (">You chose scissors!<")
    answer ()
 
def mid():
    import time
    time.sleep(2)
    import random
    botc = random.randint(1,3)
 
def answer():
    if (botc == "1" and choice =="1"):
        print("Picked Rock!Tie!")
    if (botc == "2" and choice == "2"):
        print ("Picked Paper!Tie!")
    if (botc == "3" and choice == "3"):
        print ("Picked scissors!Tie!")
    if (botc == "1" and choice == "2"):
        print ("Picked rock!You win!")
    if (botc == "1" and choice == "3"):
        print ("Picked rock!You lost!")
    if (botc == "2" and choice == "1"):
        print ("Picked paper!You lose!")
    if (botc == "2" and choice == "3"):
        print ("Picked paper!You win!")
    if (botc == "3" and choice == "1"):
        print ("Picked scissors!You win!")
    if (botc == "3" and choice == "2" ):
        print ("Picked scissors!You win!")
    mid()
 
main()

Thanks

[Gribouillis]

You want to share the values of choice and botc between the three functions. The way things are written, every function has its own variables choice and botc. A solution is to use global variables. You can write

choice = None
botc = None

at the top of the file, then you can start function main with a global statement

def main():
    global choice
    ...

This tells python that it is the same global variable in the function. In the same way, you need to write

def mid():
    global botc
    ...

and

def answer():
    global choice, botc
    ...

Shouldn't mid() be called at the beginning of answer() ?

Later you will learn that there are better ways to share variables between functions.