SyntaxError when assigning to global var

Question

I am trying out Python for a new project, and in that state, need some global variable. To test without changing the hardcoded value, I\'ve tried to make a function that reassig

Answer 1

As saurabh baid pointed out, the correct syntax is

foo = None

def set_foo(bar):
    global foo 
    foo = bar

set_foo(1)

Using the global keyword allows the function to access the global scope (i.e. the scope of the module)

Also notice how I renamed the variables to be snake_case and removed the semi-colons. semi-colons are unnecessary in Python, and functions are typically snake_case :)