Hi, is there a simple way of creating global variables within a function?
ive tried simply adding the variables in: def function(atom, Xaa, Xab): Xaa = onefunction(atom) Xab = anotherfunction(atom) if i can give something like: function('C') #where atom = 'C' but not necessarly include Xaa or Xab i would like to recieve: Caa = a float Cab = another float ive tried predefining Xaa and Xab before the function but they are global values and wont change within my function. Is there a simple way round this, even if i call the function with the variables ('C', Caa, Cab)? .............................................................................................................................. some actual code: # sample dictionaries DS1v = {'C': 6} pt = {'C': 12.0107} def monoVarcalc(atom): a = atom + 'aa' Xaa = a.strip('\'') m = atom + 'ma' Xma = m.strip('\'') Xaa = DS1v.get(atom) Xma = pt.get(atom) print Xma print Xaa monoVarcalc('C') print Caa print Cma .............................................................................................................................. it seems to work but again i can only print the values of Xma and Xaa ? Alistair -- Dr. Alistair King Research Chemist, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1) FIN-00014 University of Helsinki Tel. +358 9 191 50392, Mobile +358 (0)50 5279446 Fax +358 9 191 50366 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list