scope of variables

[Ben Finney]

Gary Wessle <phddas at yahoo.com> writes:

> is the code below correct?

It's best to post an example that you've tried yourself, and that is
small but completely demonstrates the issue in question.

> b = 3
> def adding(a)
>     print a + b

This, for example, would fail the syntax check (the 'def' statement
needs a trailing colon). After that's fixed, the code runs, but shows
no output.

A complete, minimal, working example will help people answer your
question.

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Ben Finney