[Tutor] scoping oddity

[Michael.Coll-Barth@VerizonWireless.com]

Good morning,

I came across a rather odd issue with scoping.  Can someone explain why
testa and testc works, but not testb.  I am running under python 2.4.1 on
Windows NT.

thanks,
Michael


x = 5

def testa(astr):
     print astr, x

testa(22)

def testb(astr):
     x = x - 1
     print astr, x

testb(22)

def testc(astr):
     print astr, x-1

testc(22)
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