[Tutor] silly question

[Alan Gauld]

> how do I change global variables within a function:
> 

by declaring them as global.
See my tutorial topic: "Whats in a Name?" for a discussion of this.

> ##################################
> VAR = "TEST"
> 
> def m():
>     VAR="no test"

creates a new variable insidethe function.

def m():
  global VAR
  VAR = 'no test'

now changes the global(or at least module scope) VAR.

Alan G.