Alistair King wrote: > Hi, > > is there a simple way of creating global variables within a function? > > Use the "global" statement within a function to bind a variable to a global.
See http://docs.python.org/ref/global.html for details. >>> def x(): ... global g ... g = 123 ... >>> x() >>> g 123 >>> Gary Herron > ive tried simply adding the variables in: > > def function(atom, Xaa, Xab): > Xaa = onefunction(atom) > Xab = anotherfunction(atom) > > if i can give something like: > > function('C') #where atom = 'C' but not necessarly include Xaa or Xab > > i would like to recieve: > > Caa = a float > Cab = another float > > ive tried predefining Xaa and Xab before the function but they are > global values and wont change within my function. Is there a simple way > round this, even if i call the function with the variables ('C', Caa, Cab)? > .............................................................................................................................. > > some actual code: > > # sample dictionaries > DS1v = {'C': 6} > pt = {'C': 12.0107} > > def monoVarcalc(atom): > a = atom + 'aa' > Xaa = a.strip('\'') > m = atom + 'ma' > Xma = m.strip('\'') > Xaa = DS1v.get(atom) > Xma = pt.get(atom) > print Xma > print Xaa > > monoVarcalc('C') > > print Caa > print Cma > .............................................................................................................................. > it seems to work but again i can only print the values of Xma and Xaa > > ? > > Alistair > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
