Is it possible to return a variable and use it...?

[Nathan Pinno]

Hello all,

Is it possible to return a variable and then use it like the
following:

dir exp_1:
while hen != "*"
sum = sum + hen
return sum

dir exp_2:
if sum >= total_needed:
print "Profit can be made."
else:
print "Expect a loss."

total_needed = int(raw_input("What is the total eggs needed? "))
hen = int(raw_input("How many eggs did each hen lay? Enter them in 1
by 1 or enter * when done. "))
exp_1
exp_2

If not, then how do I do so?

Thanks,
Nathan P.

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

Re: Is it possible to return a variable and use it...?

On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:15:10 -0800, Nathan Pinno wrote:

Hello all,
>
Is it possible to return a variable and then use it like the
following:

dir exp_1:
    while hen != "*"
       sum = sum + hen
    return sum
>
dir exp_2:
   if sum >= total_needed:
     print "Profit can be made."
   else:
     print "Expect a loss."
>
total_needed = int(raw_input("What is the total eggs needed? "))
hen = int(raw_input("How many eggs did each hen lay? Enter them in 1
by 1 or enter * when done. "))
exp_1
exp_2
>

>
If not, then how do I do so?

Please work through the tutorial, then try to write actual Python code and
come back if you have problems with your implementation of the program.
Show us the real code and a description of either what error message you
get, with full traceback, or if it does not raise an exception but just
does not what you excpect it to do, tell us what you expected and what you
get instead.

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

[Alan Isaac]

Re: Is it possible to return a variable and use it...?

Nathan Pinno wrote:

Is it possible to return a variable and then use it

I think you are asking about the ``global`` statement.

<URL:http://docs.python.org/ref/global.html>

like the following:

Presumably not. ;-)



Cheers,

Alan Isaac