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A Note on Scope and Globals

Explore the concept of scope in Python functions, including local versus global variables. Understand when variables are accessible within functions and why using global variables can lead to debugging challenges. This lesson helps you write clearer, more reliable Python code by mastering variable scope.

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Python has the concept of scope just like most programming languages. Scope will tell us when a variable is available to use and where. If we define the variables inside of a function, those variables can only be used inside that function. ...