How can I tell if variable is defined

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-09-22, Brown, Rodrick <rodrick.brown at citi.com> wrote:

> How could I do the following check in Python
>
> In Perl I could do something like if ((defined($a)) { ... }

try:
    yourNameHere
except NameError:
    print "undefined"
else:
    print "defined"

> I tried if var is not None:
> However this doesn't seem to work as described.

As described where?

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