On May 4, 3:30 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone explain the following:
>
> Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Apr 9 2007, 11:27:23)
> [GCC 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> def
> foo():
>
> ... x = 2
> ...>>> foo()
> >>> def bar():
>
> ... x[2] = 2
> ...
>
> >>> bar()
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> File "<stdin>", line 2, in bar
> NameError: global name 'x' is not defined
>
> Thanks,
> Jianbing
The first function is completely irrelevant unless you expect this to
work:
x = 2
x[2] = 2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test1.py", line 2, in ?
x[2] = 2
TypeError: object does not support item assignment
So that leaves you with:
> >>> def bar():
>
> ... x[2] = 2
> ...
>
> >>> bar()
Would you expect this to work:
x[2] = 2
print x
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