global variables inside function python 3.x

Asked Jan 12 '19 at 19:16

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guys i am new in python and for some reason the word global not working for me ex

def location():  
global place
place = "Cape Town"
return

and when i am trying to print place

print(place)

i am facing that error

 NameError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-2-34a3a4594339> in <module>()
----> 1 print(place)

NameError: name 'place' is not defined

asked Jan 12 '19 at 19:16

waleed ahmed

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Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10588317/python-function-global-variables – cvanelteren Jan 12 '19 at 19:19
Possible duplicate of [Python function global variables?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10588317/python-function-global-variables) – cvanelteren Jan 12 '19 at 19:19
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Did you ever actually call `location()` so that it could set the global variable? – jasonharper Jan 12 '19 at 19:35

global variables inside function python 3.x

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