Base conversion method or module

[Fredrik Lundh]

Jeff Wagner wrote:

> I found the Python cookbook recipe you were referring to. It is as follows:

(what's wrong with just posting an URL?)

> I am getting an error when I import this module and call it.
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> import BaseConvert
> print BaseConvert.convert(90,BASE10,BASE2)
>
> Name Error: name 'Base10' is not defined.
>
> This probably has something to do with namespaces which was biting me
> a while ago. I thought that since the 'Base' definitions were global to this
> module (BaseConvert.py) by being defined outside the function (convert),
> that when I imported this module, they would be global, too.

in Python, "global" means "belonging to a module", not "visible in all
modules in my entire program"

> What am I still missing?

change the call to use BaseConvert.BASE10 and BaseConvert.BASE2

to learn more about local and global names, read this:

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/naming.html

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