Help Defining Global Names

Question

My Code:

def A():
    a = \'A\'

    print a

    return

def B():

    print a + \' in B\'

    return

When B() is entered into the interpeter

Answer 1

You can do this by using the global keyword:

def A():
    global a
    a = 'A'

def B():
    global a
    # ...

However, using global variables is generally a bad idea - are you sure there's not a better way to do what you want to do?