problem updating variable in a module

[Terry Reedy]

dudeja.rajat at gmail.com wrote:
> 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

As Tim noted, this cannot run.
***  Always post the code you actually ran ***
So we cannot answer why the code you did not post did not work.

With the mod/mod1 mixup fixed, you do not need the update function.
   mod.a = 20
should do the same thing.

> 
> mod1
> ********
> a = 10
> def update(someInt):
>      global a
>      a = someInt
>      print a     <---- this does actually print a = 20

tjr