which a is used?

[Dwight Hutto]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Jayden <jayden.shui at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I have a simple code as follows:
>>
>> # Begin
>> a = 1
>>
>> def f():
>>     print a
>>
>> def g():
>>     a = 20
>>     f()

this prints a from calling f() function

call print a wasn't in a class where it was self.a and changed, so it
performed the function f which prints a and a = 1, but g just assigns
the 20, and calls the f() function which shows a, there is no self.a,
nor a class to show this in.



>>
>> g()
>> #End
>>
>> I think the results should be 20, but it is 1. Would you please tell me why?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
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>
> didn't return the value, or print it out
>
>
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> David Hutto
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