Is it possible to modify variable in python that is in outer, but not global, scope?

Question

Given following code:

def A() :
    b = 1

    def B() :
        # I can access \'b\' from here.
        print( b )
        # But can i modify \'b\' here? \'         


        

Answer 1

You can, but you'll have to use the global statment (not a really good solution as always when using global variables, but it works):

def A():
    global b
    b = 1

    def B():
      global b
      print( b )
      b = 2

    B()
A()