scope of variables

[Ryan Forsythe]

Gary Wessle wrote:
> the example was an in-accuretlly representation of a the problem I am
> having. my apologies.
> 
> a = []
> def prnt():
>    print len(a)
> 
>>>> prnt
> <function prnt at 0xb7dc21b4>
> 
> I expect to get 0 "the length of list a"

You want prnt(), not prnt:

>>> a = []
>>> def prnt():
...   print len(a)
...
>>> prnt
<function prnt at 0x43c70>
>>> prnt()
0

--Ryan