Python Global Not Behaving As Expected

Question

The following prints out "None" instead of "whatever". I don't understand why.

dirr = None

def method():
    global dirr # you have to declare that you'll use global variable 'dirr'
    dirr = "whatever"

print `dirr`

yaho cho · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-27 01:42:36Z

1

You should call 'method' one time.

dirr = None

def method():
    global dirr # you have to declare that you'll use global variable 'dirr'
    dirr = "whatever"

method()
print (dirr)

The result is:

whatever

answered Apr 27, 2019 at 1:42

yaho cho

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