> Anyway, how can i declare a global variable and assign a value to it in a
> function?
Variables in Python are only global in the sense of a file. You cannot
declare a global that spans multiple files. However you can import
a variable reference from one file to another. This is "A Good Thing(TM)"
since it avoids most of the evils of global variables.
You can assign to a global variable from within a function by telling
the function to use the global name:
x = 42
def f():
global x # say use the external variable called x
x = 27
f() # actually assigns the value
But that's bad practice in most cases and its better to pass
the variable in as an argument and return the new value:
def g(n):
n = 27
return n
x = g(x) # same effect as calling f() above
You can read more anbout this in my tutorial
topic "What's in a Name?" (And more about
functions and modules in the "Modules & Functions"
topic)
Alan G
Author of the learn to program web tutor
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
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