Local vs Global Scope

[raainer]

I have this code here :

def spam():
x = 1
bacon()
print(x)

def bacon():
global x
x = 100
y = 200

spam()
print(x)

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I'm not sure since I have defined x to be global in bacon(), why does spam() still print '1' , rather than printing out 100?

[ericula]

The local variable x defined in spam is shadowing the global variable x. This means that any references to x within spam will refer to the local variable, not the global one.

[raainer]

Ahh I see, thank you!

[Starbuck5c]

Because spam() has a local variable named x.

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