[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 25/06/2005 01:41: > Wait... so this means it is impossible to write a function that > increments an integer without turning the integer into a list? >
Well, one of these options will probably suit: >>> def increment_counter(data): ... data += 1 ... return data ... >>> counter = 0 >>> counter = increment_counter(counter) >>> counter 1 Or, if you only care about one counter, don't like the return/assignment form, and don't mind all the cool kids frowning on the use of global: >>> counter = 0 >>> def increment_counter(): ... global counter ... counter += 1 ... >>> counter 0 >>> increment_counter() >>> counter 1 >>> Nicest might be using a class, where you keep a clean namespace, and don't have the return/assignment form: >>> class My_class(object): ... def __init__(self): ... self.counter = 0 ... def increment_counter(self): ... self.counter += 1 ... >>> my_object = My_class() >>> my_object.counter 0 >>> my_object.increment_counter() >>> my_object.counter 1 >>> This also lets you have multiple independent counters: >>> my_other_object = My_class() >>> my_other_object.counter 0 >>> my_other_object.increment_counter() >>> my_other_object.increment_counter() >>> my_other_object.counter 2 >>> my_object.counter 1 >>> Best, Brian vdB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
