How to pass a global variable to a module?
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Tue Sep 29 15:41:24 EDT 2009
Mars creature wrote:
> I just start to use python and love this language. I met this
> problem when I try to save my functions in a separate file.
> The question is how I can pass a global variable to a function which
> is saved in another file.
This question is somewhat mis-phrased. In Python, one uses names --
local, nonlocal, global, and dotted -- as well as other expressions, to
pass objects to functions as arguments that get bound to the parameter
names of the function. Objects are neither local or global; they just
are. Thinking this way will help your use of Python.
> If I save the function I defined in the same
> file with the main program, there is no problem after I declare the
> global variable. But problem comes out when I save all the function is
> a separate file. Help is very much appreciated! Thanks!
Specific answers require specific examples and either a clear
description of actual versus expected behavior or a complete copy of an
error traceback. Good luck.
tjr
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