How to display a custom field (variable) in a shortcode - php

I would like to have a shortcode display a value which is a custom field in Wordpress. In this case the variable "prijs".
I have tried lots of solutions on the net and lots more but no luck so far. Can anyone help me ?
Why doesn't this script show anything ? How do i display the custom field "prijs" ?
<?php
function showdetails_shortcode( $attr, $content = null ) {
return <?php $key="prijs"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?>
}
add_shortcode('showdetails', 'showdetails_shortcode');
?>

Why doesn't this script show anything?
The provided code shows a couple of syntax errors, of which the most crucial is the re-invocation of <?php within a PHP statement.
If prijs is a good custom field key for the post where this shortcode is placed, then it should work.
function showdetails_shortcode( ) {
$post_id = get_the_ID();
//either output the value or let us know the code is working but the value has not been found
$output = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'prijs', true) ? get_post_meta( $post_id, 'prijs', true) : 'NO CUSTOM VALUE FOUND' ;
return $output;
}
add_shortcode('showdetails', 'showdetails_shortcode');
Responding to a comment, here's a version with two fields and tabular output, keeping in mind that there would be cleaner (more flexible and parsimonious) ways to derive the variables and produce the output for a larger number of fields.
function showdetails_shortcode( ) {
$post_id = get_the_ID();
//extract the field values
$field1 = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'prijs', true) ? get_post_meta( $post_id, 'prijs', true) : 'PRIJS NOT FOUND';
$field2 = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'prijs2', true) ? get_post_meta( $post_id, 'prijs2', true) : 'PRIJS2 NOT FOUND';
//prepare html table output
$output = '<table><tbody>';
$output .= '<tr><td>' . $field1 . '</td></tr>';
$output .= '<tr><td>' . $field2 . '</td></tr>';
$output .= '</tbody></table>';
//return the html
return $output;
}
add_shortcode('showdetails', 'showdetails_shortcode');

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