On Jun 24, 11:55 am, "Nathan Harmston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I m playing around with extended euclids algorithm from Knuth. I m > trying to build a function with a function inside it. > > def exteuclid(m,n): > a,a1,b,b1,c,d = 0,1,1,0,m,n > def euclid(c,d): > q = c /d > r = c % d > if r == 0: > print a,b > return d > else: > print a1,a,b1,b,c,d,q,r > t = b1 > b = t - q * b > a = t - q * a > c,d,a1,b1 = d,r,a,b > return euclid(c,d) > return euclid(c,d) > > Unfortunately this doesnt work since a,a1,b,b1 arent declared in the > function. Is there a way to make these variables accessible to the > euclid function. Or is there a better way to design this function? > > Many Thanks in advance, > > Nathan
ef outer(): a = 10 def inner(): print a return inner f = outer() f() --output:-- 10 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list