code1.py
if(__name__=="__main__"):
var = "first_name"
inp = "hello"
exec("%s = '%s'" % (var,inp))
print(first_name)
code2.py
def func():
var = "first_name"
inp = "hello"
exec("%s = '%s'" % (var,inp))
print(first_name)
if(__name__=="__main__"):
func()
given two are two different codes code1.py works as expected. code2.py shows error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bad.py", line 8, in <module>
func()
File "bad.py", line 5, in func
print(first_name)
NameError: name 'first_name' is not defined
Can someone please explain why is this happening ?
