Re: [julia-users] Re: Dict get destroys global variable?

2016-09-22 Thread K leo
Thank you Isaiah for pointing that out! On Friday, September 23, 2016 at 12:06:17 PM UTC+8, Isaiah wrote: > > Use `global a = ...` > Please see: > http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/variables-and-scoping/#hard-local-scope > > global variables are only inherited for reading but not for

Re: [julia-users] Re: Dict get destroys global variable?

2016-09-22 Thread Isaiah Norton
Use `global a = ...` Please see: http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/variables-and-scoping/#hard-local-scope global variables are only inherited for reading but not for writing On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 12:00 AM, K leo wrote: > Sorry, this is not related to Dict at

[julia-users] Re: Dict get destroys global variable?

2016-09-22 Thread K leo
Sorry, this is not related to Dict at all. If I replace the "a=get..." statement with simply "a=2", the global variable is no longer accessible. What is wrong? On Friday, September 23, 2016 at 11:52:24 AM UTC+8, K leo wrote: > > Calling "get" anywhere in a function makes a global variable