William Witteman wrote: > I need to collect a couple of integers from a user, but I want to make > sure that I actually get integers. I tried this, but subsequent calls > to the function don't update variable. I'm not sure this is terribly > clear - here's the code: > > > def getinput(variable,prompt): > """ > Get the input by prompting the user and collecting the response - if it is > a non-integer, try again. > """ > variable = 0
the source of your confusion is misunderstanding of python's calling model. Here is an article: http://effbot.org/zone/call-by-object.htm _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
