2008/9/24 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I've a problem updating my variable in a module. > > In my main program, I call a function from mod1 to update a variable of mod1 > As soon as I update this varibale, I check it back in the mail program but > it the variable from mod1 does not get updated. > > main Program: > **************** > import mod1 > a = 20 > mod.update(a) > print mod.a <---- does not print anything > > mod1 > ******** > a = 10 > def update(someInt): > global a > a = someInt > print a <---- this does actually print a = 20
I'm surprised it runs at all -- as far as I can see "mod" in "mod.update(a)" and "print mod.a" is not defined. Did you mean "mod1"? If I change it to that, both print statements print "20" as I'd expect. I take it you do have a *really* good reason to use a global? -- Tim Rowe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list