[Python] How to assign a variable in an IF condition, and then return it?

def isBig(x):
if x > 4:
return 'apple'
else:
return 'orange'


This works:

if isBig(y): return isBig(y)


This does NOT work:

if fruit = isBig(y): return fruit


Why doesn't the 2nd one work!? I want a 1-liner. Except, the 1st one will call the function TWICE.

How to make it 1 liner, without calling the function twice?

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