function returns , but variable values has not changed in theinteractive prompt

[davidj411]

if you run execfile function to run a python script and that script
has variables and functions, should't those variable change in the
interactive prompt too?

script snippet that calls the function which should return like this
return (stuffedname,bigstring, numbertimes,num_times_search_string)

this is the variable that calls the functions. when a function returns
something AND there is a variable set as shown immediately below,
does't the variable get updated?

tu_count = CountStrings (name, balance, searchstr)

this is the output from the script.
notice how tu_count actually differs when called from interactive
prompt after script exits.

tu_count: ('peterjackson', 'peterjacksonpeterjacksonpeter', 2, 0)
('davidjacksondavidjacksondavid', 2, 0)

thanks

 

[alex23]

if you run execfile function to run a python script and that script
has variables and functions, should't those variable change in the
interactive prompt too?
Yes.

cat a.py

a = 7
b = 'seven'

Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 1 2007, 17:47:05) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.'seven'

I think you need to show us the actual code in question, rather than
the odd behaviour you're experiencing. It's generally easier to debug
real code over blackboxing behaviour.

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

if you run execfile function to run a python script and that script
has variables and functions, should't those variable change in the
interactive prompt too?

Yes, they do:

C:\TEMP>type test.py
a = 123

def foo():
return "hello"

(enter Python)
py> a = "Old value"
py> a
'Old value'
py> execfile("test.py")
py> a
123
py> foo()
'hello'