Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.022 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'example:': 0.03; 'static': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'global,': 0.09; 'subject:question': 0.10; 'def': 0.12; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'subject:class': 0.16; 'subject:issue': 0.16; 'subject:variable': 0.16; 'variable.': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'helpful': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'class': 0.32; 'actual': 0.34; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'received:209.85.220': 0.35; 'beyond': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'url:org': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'help,': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'either': 0.39; 'most': 0.60; 'simple': 0.61; 'more': 0.64; '30,': 0.65; 'mar': 0.68; 'sam': 0.68; 'berry': 0.84; "it'd": 0.84; 'subject:!)': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=srgN0a8Zy+81iN9zSncl6V7HUe2f1KfMmdSCkPN67MU=; b=NrSVrC+rKnt4PzYDxRCMMK6eb2dy11M8eyXP/2y+uvbWhdlrLMmVpPU9y8hFR+JcKB uxbAJEFveR2+o5lcoc6cKFhB4IfS2FyuZ9AVwaU0Iy+WbJp6mG4uShx1jnLIApYo1w55 xg5ogQW/GgWCp9PKUMcOpg/anMSd57OuBiFeKKfEW/cGulXbrtphUjNG9vj6t2N5nzCr M2V/jWLJquXkvfid5/ojGo/Pyq/MIthflKXTdW4D+Jfhw3va7nP/JIn/TrqsAwyQ2TB3 atndcU5qjYnEXydMBOp9EYzbJY0mHtX3+37UUWP200/S3u/O+8w/vm1r9S52wHwfIAC8 AGmg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.109.145 with SMTP id j17mr2938172vcp.34.1364592240987; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:24:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <78680654-5cf5-435c-9fce-19d6f5c23360@googlegroups.com> References: <78680654-5cf5-435c-9fce-19d6f5c23360@googlegroups.com> Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:24:00 +1100 Subject: Re: Python class and variable issue(newby question!) From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1364592243 news.xs4all.nl 6875 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56933 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:42279 On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Sam Berry wrote: > class test() > s = 1 > > def test1() > global s > s = 2 > > def test2() > global s > s = 3 > > def test3() > global s > s = 4 That's not a global, that's a class variable. But to give any more specific help, it'd be helpful to have some actual working code - twiddle your code until it's a nice simple example: http://sscce.org/ Most likely, what you want is to make these functions into either static methods or instance methods. Beyond that, hard to say exactly. ChrisA