why does this not work!!! AAARRRGH!!!!!!!!

[Maurizio Turatti]

You misunderstand the "global" statement, try this:

myglobalvar = 101

def myfunc():
	global myglobalvar
        myglobalvar = myglobalvar + 1

myfunc()
print myglobalvar


Here you say in myfunc that you are changing the global variable
"myglobal".

	Maurizio


Matthew Banham wrote:
> 
> why does the following code (declared in a module) not work when I call
> myfunc?
> 
> global myglobalvar
> myglobalvar = 101
> 
> def myfunc():
>         myglobalvar = myglobalvar + 1
> 
> It gives an Unbound Local Error in the myglobalvar = myglobalvar + 1 line
> 
> It's driving me madd
> aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> Yours Sincerely,
> Matthew Banham
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