Ramashish Baranwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to use variables passed to a function in an inner defined > function. Something like- > > def fun1(method=None): > def fun2(): > if not method: method = 'GET' > print '%s: this is fun2' % method > return > fun2() > > fun1() > > However I get this error- > UnboundLocalError: local variable 'method' referenced before > assignment > > This however works fine. > > def fun1(method=None): > if not method: method = 'GET' > def fun2(): > print '%s: this is fun2' % method > return > fun2() > > fun1() > > Is there a simple way I can pass on the variables passed to the outer > function to the inner one without having to use or refer them in the > outer function?
Sure, just don't ASSIGN TO those names in the inner function. Any name ASSIGNED TO in a given function is local to that specific function (save for global statements, which bypass variable of containing functions anyway). Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
