Thanks a lot, Sunanda. I never saw this rebol' particularity before. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:09 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: Return of a function
> Philippe: > > Why hm is local to function ? There's no /local refinement + The hm is > > called outside. So in my understanding, hm shouldn't be local.. > > So what I have to do to have a global variable ?? > > Hm is the _local _name for the _value_ (not, in this case, variable) passed > in. > > What is returned is a _value_ not a variable. Try this: > > test-func: func [value] [ > value: value + 200 > return value > ] > > print test-func 100 > print value > > the first 'print correctly prints 300. The second fails as the word 'value > only has a meaning within the function. If you want a global variable 'value > too, then: > > value: test-func 100 > print value ;; prints the global 'value, ie 300 > > another-value: test-func 500 > print another-value ;; prints 700 > print value ;; prints 300. Changing 'value in the func doesn't affect the > global variable > > > > Sunanda. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes. > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
