python变量定义问题_在函数外定义变量时遇到问题（Python）

我对python还很陌生，我正在尝试制作一个简单的程序，其中有文本菜单，我必须使用函数来完成大部分工作（以习惯于在程序中使用函数）。所以我尝试在这个程序中使用一个函数，从用户那里得到第一个，第二个，可能还有第三个数字。我需要能够重用这个函数，这样我就可以从用户那里得到所说的数字，但是我有一个问题，就是只能在函数中使用这些变量，而不能在其他地方使用这些变量。任何建议都会有帮助！代码如下：option = 1

while option !=0:

print "\n\n\n************MENU************"

print "1. Counting by one"

print "2. Fibbonacci Sequence"

print "0. GET ME OUTTA HERE!"

print "*" * 28

option = input("Please make a selection: ") #counting submenu

if option == 1:

print "\n\n**Counting Submenu**"

print "1. Count up by one"

print "2. Count down by one"

print "3. Count up by different number"

print "4. Count down by different number"

countingSubmenu = input("Please make a selection: ")

def getNum():

firstNum = input("Please state what number to start at: ")

secondNum = input("Please state what number to end at: ")

if countingSubmenu == 3 or countingSubmenu == 4:

thirdNum = input("Please state what increment you would want to go up by: ")

if option == 1:

getNum()

for x in range(firstNum, secondNum+1):

print x

print "End of test."