On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Prasad, Ramit <ramit.pra...@jpmorgan.com>wrote:
> > You should avoid using the global statement. > > > > In your case, I would think you could just add an argument to the method: > > > > class MyObj(object): > > def __init__(self, arg): > > self.arg = arg > > def my_func(self, new_arg): > > self.arg = new_arg > > > > to call it: > > > > arg = 1 > > > > m = MyObj(arg) > > print m.arg > > new_arg = 2 > > m.my_func(new_arg) > > print m.arg > > Just as a note, this would not really work if the variable needs to be > changed and read from several places when the value is an immutable > type such as numbers / strings. In that case, then you could use > the same logic but instead place the value in a list and pass that > and always check/update the first element of the list. > > > Ramit > > > Ramit Prasad | JPMorgan Chase Investment Bank | Currencies Technology > 712 Main Street | Houston, TX 77002 > work phone: 713 - 216 - 5423 > > -- > > This email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and > conditions including on offers for the purchase or sale of > securities, accuracy and completeness of information, viruses, > confidentiality, legal privilege, and legal entity disclaimers, > available at http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures/email. > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > In this case, you can read the attribute of MyObj and you just pass an instantiated MyObj around to where it is needed.
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