function returns , but variable values has not changed in the interactive prompt

[alex23]

On May 24, 5:04 am, davidj411 <davidj... at gmail.com> wrote:
> if you run execfile function to run a python script and that script
> has variables and functions, should't those variable change in the
> interactive prompt too?

Yes.

>cat a.py
a = 7
b = 'seven'

Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May  1 2007, 17:47:05) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> execfile('a.py')
>>> a
7
>>> b
'seven'

I think you need to show us the actual code in question, rather than
the odd behaviour you're experiencing. It's generally easier to debug
real code over blackboxing behaviour.