Python overwriting variables in nested functions

Question

Suppose I have the following python code:

def outer():
    string = \"\"
    def inner():
        string = \"String was changed by a nested function!\"
    i         


        

Answer 1

You can also get around this by using function attributes:

def outer():
    def inner():
        inner.string = "String was changed by a nested function!"
    inner.string = ""
    inner()
    return inner.string

Clarification: this works in both python 2.x and 3.x.