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Muthupandian @muthugit
2021-01-21 2023-02-12

Usage of global variable

What is global keyword?

It is used to assign the value for the variable outside the scope

Example 1

val = 10

def print_val():
    print(val)

print_val()
This should print
10

But, if val to be changed

val = 10

def print_val():
    val = val + 12
    print(val)

print_val()
This will through the error
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'val' referenced before assignment

To avoid UnboundLocalError

Here is the real usage of global comes. If we apply global before assginment it will convert the val into the global variable

Example

val = 10

def print_val():
    global val
    val = val + 12
    print(f"The updated value => {val}")

print_val()
This should print
The updated value => 22