Michael Yanowitz wrote:
>Hello:
>
> Many times, people are warning things like
>"Don't use 'str' as a variable name as it will shadow the
>built in str function."
> Is there some way to determine if a string is already
>defined in some higher scope?
>Maybe something like
><code>
>
>if isdefined ('str'):
> print 'str is already defined, please choose another name'
>
></code>
>
> If not, would it be easy to write this?
>
>Thanks in advance:
>
>
>
Just try to access the name and see what happens, catching the resulting
error if you wish
try:
xyzzy
except NameError:
print 'xyzzy is not currently bound'
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