global variable
variable = 'whatever'
a = 'this is a global variable'
def yourFunction(arg):
#you need to declare a global variable, otherwise an error
global a
return a.split(' ')
a = 0
def testFor():
global a
if(a == 0):
#run code
global x
x=1
x = 5 #Any variable outside a function is already a global variable
def GLOBAL():
global y #if a variable is inside a function, use the 'global' keyword to make it a global variable
y = 10 # now this variable (y) is global
# Python global variable
# Probably should not use this, just pass in arguments
x = 0 # variable is in outer scope
print(x) # prints x (0)
def use_global_variables():
# if using a global variable, the variable will not need to be mention while calling the function
global x # calling the x variable from a function
x += 1
print(x) # prints x after adding one in the function (1)
use_global_variables
=============================================
# Output:
0
1
"""
Through the globals() function, one can bind a variable to a set
as illustrated below. name str variable was both bound to different
sets and used to modify these sets.
"""
name = "set"
set1 = set()
set2 = set()
set3 = set()
for i in range(1, 4):
globals()[name + str(i)].add(i) # access ith set and add value of i to it
print(set1) # {1}
print(set2) # {2}
print(set3) # {3}
def f():
global s
print(s)
s = "Zur Zeit nicht, aber Berlin ist auch toll!"
print(s)
s = "Gibt es einen Kurs in Paris?"
f()
print(s)
x = "global"
def foo():
print("x inside:", x)
foo()
print("x outside:", x)
#### A_FILE.PY
a_global_variable = "Hello"
####sys.path.append(".")
##### B_FILE.PY
import a_file
output = a_file.a_global_variable
print(output)
------> Hello
name = "Abdullah" # creates global variable
def func():
global name # calls the name variable from global scope
name = "Kemal" # Changes name variable
func()
print(name) # global name variable will be changed because of the global keyword
>>> math
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'math' is not defined
>>> def f():
... global math
... import math
...
>>> f()
>>> math
<module 'math' from '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/math.so'>