Ok thanks. I will revisit my notes on scope. On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 11:36:56 AM UTC-7, damonshelton wrote: > > The declaration of x is in the local scope of A. > The variable x inside makespiralstairs has no declaration because x is not > declared as global. Not a matter of order, it's a matter of scope. Passing > x to the function will fix your issue. That or declare x as a global which > I don't suggest. There's a lot of info online about local and global scope > in Python and most other languages. It's important to utilize this so as > not to accidentally override your values later > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:26 AM jettam <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Inc = str(x+1) has been defined in the earlier "for x in" command has it >> not ? >> >> I did another version earlier (with out a "for in" command in the second >> function). And this worked without having to put a x in the >> makeSpiralStairs() function. >> >> I made a order of events as I see it. (see the screen grab). Please let >> me know how my understanding of the order is wrong. >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MtIriVJke6E/Wbl3Odq6bBI/AAAAAAABOsU/H61KYjlbscQLb3_O45DTPI30woHfD-NywCLcBGAs/s1600/Capture.JPG> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 10:40:10 AM UTC-7, damonshelton wrote: >>> >>> Inc = str(x+1) >>> X is not defined before this line >>> >>> X is defined when you execute the for x in range loop. You have to pass >>> x into the makespiralstairs function to use it. X is a local variable >>> >>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/21848d44-b30b-46b2-822f-f9d37427f567%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/21848d44-b30b-46b2-822f-f9d37427f567%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >
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