Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor@python.org> writes: > On 28/10/16 02:38, nils wagenaar wrote: > > Could i use a variable defined in a function in another function?
My answer would be: You can't because Python variables don't exist outside their namespace. You can make the object available in various ways, but not the variable. > By returning it to the caller. That's somewhat misleading. Returning the *object* would not grant access to the local *variable*. Nils, it's important to realise that a variable in Python is not tractable: you can't hand them around, you can't access the name itself. A Python variable exists only in its namespace, and can't move. The variable is (at any given point) bound to an object; you can get *other* variables bound to the same object by explicitly doing that. Alan suggests one way. Whether that meets your request to “use a variable defined in a function in another function” will have to wait for you to check how the Python data model actually works. Does that answer it, or do you need something different? -- \ “Dare to be naïve.” —Richard Buckminster Fuller, personal motto | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
