[Tutor] function loading a file's lines to a list

[Adriano Varoli Piazza]

Il giorno ven, 01-04-2005 alle 12:46 +0200, Ewald Ertl ha scritto:
> Hi!
> 
> on Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:01:02 +0200  Adriano Varoli Piazza <moranar at moranar.com.ar> wrote :
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> Adriano Varoli Piazza > 
> Adriano Varoli Piazza > def loadfromfile(fname):
> Adriano Varoli Piazza >     try:
> Adriano Varoli Piazza >         finput = file(fname, 'r')
> Adriano Varoli Piazza >         global lines
> 
> global say, that lines is "global" defined. Otherwise as in your first 
> version the lines-List is defined local in the loadfromfile()-function. 
> (You can return the local list and assign it, where you call the loadfromfile()-
> function. )

I understand now. I got confused with "lists elements are changed in
place"... Thanks


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