variable scope

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

gonzlobo a écrit :
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Please keep this on clpy...
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> Sorry, but I don't understand. I *should* pass firstMsg to the
> function like I did (PID_MinMax(firstMsg)), correct?

Yes.

> Then I should
> pass the variable back to the main loop by 'return firstMsg', correct?

s/variable/value/

Yes, you have to return the value from your function. But then, if you 
don't store this value somewhere, it's lost. What you have to understand 
is that you actually have *2* variables named 'firstMsg' : one in the 
'main loop', and one in PID_MinMax(). Rebinding the second name has no 
impact on the first. So you have to explicitely assign the return value 
of PID_MinMax() to the main loop's firstMsg variable. Else, this value 
is simply discarded.

HTH