[IronPython] How do I test if a variable is defined?

[Michael Foord]

Marty Nelson wrote:
>
> How do I test in Iron Python (in python) if a variable is defined?
>
'name' in locals() or 'name' in globals()


try:
    name
except NameError:
    # variable 'name' is not defined

The second idiom is actually fairly common.

All the best,

Michael

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