exec within function

[Gerald Britton]

I get no error:

>>> def a():
...  exec('b=1')
...  print(b)
...
>>> a()
1
>>>


On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> On 2/3/2010 3:30 AM, Simon zack wrote:
>>
>> hi,
>> I'm not sure how I can use exec within a function correctly
>> here is the code i'm using:
>>
>> def a():
>>     exec('b=1')
>>     print(b)
>>
>> a()
>>
>> this will raise an error, but I would like to see it outputting 1
>
> Always **copy and paste** **complete error tracebacks** when asking a
> question like this. (The only exception would be if it is v e r y long, as
> with hitting the recursion depth limit of 1000.)
>
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-- 
Gerald Britton