Select command showing options without question

Select command is showing options without displaying question. It is displaying question after a choice is made. I have a function as shown below in a script. function start_AppNode { # Define local variables for all the inputs local DName_l=$1 local ASName_l=$2 local ANName_l=$3 echo "Do you wish to start the AppNode $ANName_l on AppSpace $ASName_l in Domain $DName_l ?" select yn in "Yes" "No"; do case $yn in Yes ) #print_log $yn OUTPUT="./appadmin start -d $DName_l -as $ASName_l anode $ANName_l" if [[ "$OUTPUT" == *"$SuccessMessage_AppNode_Start"* ]]; then echo "Started" else echo "Failed" fi break;; No ) echo "Failed"; break;; esac done } When I call that script in an other script where I imported this script, I am getting option first and not showing the question "Do you wish to start the AppNode $ANName_l on AppSpace $ASName_l in Domain $DName_l ?" It shows the question after a choice is being made. See screenshot of output below. Appreciate if anyone can help me understand how to make it show the question first? Update: The issue is due to variable assignment. I am assigning the output of the function to a variable. If I execute the function without assigning the return value to a variable, it works. How can I assign the return value to a variable and still have the question part displayed before the options?