Python Tic Tac Toe code propblems - python-3.x

Question

I have tried creating a tic tac toe game using Python but it is not working. Can someone please take a look at it and tell me if I made a mistake?
When I run the game it only prints the board and then asks for a number for x. Once I type that, the game prints a board and closes.
def tic_tac_toe():
end = False
win_combinations = ((0, 1, 2), (3, 4, 5), (6, 7, 8), (0, 3, 6), (1, 4, 7), (2, 5, 8), (0, 4, 8), (2, 4, 6))
board = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
def draw():
print(board[0], board[1], board[2])
print(board[3], board[4], board[5])
print(board[6], board[7], board[8])
print()
def player_option_check():
while True:
try:
arg1 = input("please enter number")
arg1 = int(arg1)
if arg1 in range(0,9):
return arg1 - 1
else:
print ('not a number on he board')
except:
print('this is not a number re try')
def player_X():
choice = player_option_check()
board[choice] = 'x'
def player_y():
choice = player_option_check()
board[choice] = 'y'
def check_winner_x ():
for a in win_combinations:
if board[a[0]] == board[a[1]] == board[a[2]] == 'o':
print('player o wins')
return True
if board[a[0]] == board[a[1]] == board[a[2]] == 'x':
print('player x wins')
return True
for a in range(9):
if board[a] == "X" or board[a] == "O":
count += 1
if count == 9:
print("The game ends in a Tie\n")
return True
while not end:
draw()
end = check_winner_x
if end == True:
break
else:
player_X()
draw()
end = check_winner_x
if end == True:
break
else:
player_y()
draw()
if end==True:
again_play=print(input("would u like to play again press (y/n)"))
again_play == "y"
tic_tac_toe()
else:
print('thanks for playing')
break
tic_tac_toe()
So can you please help me find the mistake in my code. This is in Python 3.

Answer 1

I'm assuming it's cause you're not calling check_winner_x, just assigning it to the value end (maybe print(end) at the end of the loop to see it's value).
That means that when you get back to the while statement, end will register as "truthy" as it's no longer set to false and the loop will exit.
Try actually calling check_winner_x:
end = check_winner_x()
Not sure about anything else that might be buggy, but that's definitely a start.