Issue 28064: String executed inside a function ignores global statements (original) (raw)

Issue28064

Created on 2016-09-10 17:14 by Qwert225, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg275657 - (view)	Author: (Qwert225)	Date: 2016-09-10 17:14
String executed inside a function ignores global statements stated before string execution. See the example below - the global variable value should be changed to 'newText' by the function, but is not. Example: variable = 'text' def changeVariable(): global variable exec("variable = 'newText'") changeVariable() print(str(variable))
msg275676 - (view)	Author: Xiang Zhang (xiang.zhang) *	Date: 2016-09-10 19:10
Not a bug. Put the global statement inside: >>> variable = 'test' >>> def changeVariable(): ... exec("global variable; variable = 'newText'") ... >>> changeVariable() >>> print(variable) newText