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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
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Subject: Re: Variable scope inside and outside functions
Date: 5 Mar 2024 18:46:31 GMT
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Jacob Kruger <jacob.kruger.work@gmail.com> wrote or quoted:
>l_servers = []
....
>     global l_servers
>That should, in theory, mean that if I assign a value to that variable
>inside one of the functions, it should reflect globally?

  Yes.

l =[ 1, 2, 3 ]

def f():
    global l
    l =[ 2, 3, 4 ]

f()

print( l )
# [2, 3, 4]