J. Clifford Dyer wrote: >> before calling my_function, x does not exist in my program. So, my >> question is in my_function, the combination of using the global >> statement, then implicitly creating x via assignment to the result of >> the open function, is x created in the global namespace? > > Yes. > >>>> y > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#8>", line 1, in <module> > y > NameError: name 'y' is not defined >>>> def f(): > global y > y = 123 >>>> f() >>>> y > 123 tks, and tks also for the example. > > Remember, the interactive interpreter is your friend. Just type 'python' at > the command line and hammer away. (It's even better through a decent IDE). yes, you are correct, last time I had the advantage of a console was when I was working in Forth. Working with Java & PHP for a living makes one forget that Python has the console.
> > Oh yeah, you have to actually call f before y will get defined. > > Cheers, > Cliff -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
