newbie question on def, passing param's help

[Lance Hoffmeyer]

Hey all,

I have a def that I have been using but I realized that sometimes I need a LIST with
5 or 6 brands instead of 4 so I want to put LIST outside of the def but I can't wrap
my head around a way to get LIST outside the def while still passing the same 4
parameters in the function.  I'm sure there is probably a simple answer but I can't
seem to think of it.

Thanks in advance,

Lance


def attributesbyID(row,base,slideID,spreadsheet):
	sh = wb.Worksheets (spreadsheet)
	sh.Select()
	############### EXCEL SECTION TO GET NUMBERS #############
 	LIST=((row,base,lastcol,"A13","013"),(row,base,lastcol-1,"A14","014"),(row,base,lastcol-2,"A15","015"),(row,base,lastcol-3,"A16","016"),                      #brand1
              (row+20,base+20,lastcol,"A9","09"),(row+20,base+20,lastcol-1,"A10","010"),(row+20,base+20,lastcol-2,"A11","011"),(row+20,base+20,lastcol-3,"A12","012"),#brand2
              (row+40,base+40,lastcol,"A5","05"),(row+40,base+40,lastcol-1,"A6","06" ), (row+40,base+40,lastcol-2,"A7","07" ), (row+40,base+40,lastcol-3,"A8","08" ), #brand3
              (row+60,base+60,lastcol,"A1","01"),(row+60,base+60,lastcol-1,"A2","02" ), (row+60,base+60,lastcol-2,"A3","03" ), (row+60,base+60,lastcol-3,"A4","04" )) #brand4
 	##########################################################
 	################ POWERPOINT SECTION ######################
	for shape in WB.Slides.FindBySlideID(slideID).Shapes:
		if (shape.Type== 7):
		 	for oROW,oBASE,oCOL,oCELL,oHEADERCELL in LIST:
				oVALUE = sh.Cells(oROW,oCOL).Value
				oHEADER = sh.Cells(4,oCOL).Value  + " (n="  +  str(int(sh.Cells(oBASE,oCOL).Value))  + ")"
				PWB = WB.Slides.FindBySlideID(slideID).Shapes(shape.Name)
				oGraph = PWB.OLEFormat.Object
				oGraph.Application.datasheet.Range(oCELL).Value = oVALUE
				oGraph.Application.datasheet.Range(oHEADERCELL).Value = oHEADER
		
       ###########################################################
	del oGraph
attributesbyID(14,12,31,"Attributes") # attr1





Here is what I want:


LIST=((row,base,lastcol,"A13","013"),(row,base,lastcol-1,"A14","014"),(row,base,lastcol-2,"A15","015"),(row,base,lastcol-3,"A16","016"),                      #brand1
      (row+20,base+20,lastcol,"A9","09"),(row+20,base+20,lastcol-1,"A10","010"),(row+20,base+20,lastcol-2,"A11","011"),(row+20,base+20,lastcol-3,"A12","012"),#brand2
      (row+40,base+40,lastcol,"A5","05"),(row+40,base+40,lastcol-1,"A6","06" ), (row+40,base+40,lastcol-2,"A7","07" ), (row+40,base+40,lastcol-3,"A8","08" ), #brand3
      (row+60,base+60,lastcol,"A1","01"),(row+60,base+60,lastcol-1,"A2","02" ), (row+60,base+60,lastcol-2,"A3","03" ), (row+60,base+60,lastcol-3,"A4","04" ), #brand4
      (row+80,base+80,lastcol,"A1","01"),(row+80,base+80,lastcol-1,"A2","02" ), (row+80,base+80,lastcol-2,"A3","03" ), (row+80,base+80,lastcol-3,"A4","04" )) #brand5


def attributesbyID(row,base,slideID,spreadsheet):
	sh = wb.Worksheets (spreadsheet)
	sh.Select()
 	##########################################################
 	################ POWERPOINT SECTION ######################
	for shape in WB.Slides.FindBySlideID(slideID).Shapes:
		if (shape.Type== 7):
		 	for oROW,oBASE,oCOL,oCELL,oHEADERCELL in LIST:
				oVALUE = sh.Cells(oROW,oCOL).Value
				oHEADER = sh.Cells(4,oCOL).Value  + " (n="  +  str(int(sh.Cells(oBASE,oCOL).Value))  + ")"
				PWB = WB.Slides.FindBySlideID(slideID).Shapes(shape.Name)
				oGraph = PWB.OLEFormat.Object
				oGraph.Application.datasheet.Range(oCELL).Value = oVALUE
				oGraph.Application.datasheet.Range(oHEADERCELL).Value = oHEADER
		
       ###########################################################
	del oGraph
attributesbyID(14,12,31,"Attributes") # attr1