🔒 How to change the value of a global variable in a function

[frank lotus]

Is there a way to change a global variable in a function and when that function is done, the variable retains the value it was assigned inside the function?

I made a very simple program below to ask for help

da = 2


def sds():
    da = 3


sds()
print(da)

When you run the code above, it prints 2, but is there a way to make it print 3 ? Since 3 is the variable assigned to it inside the function, I want it to reflect it outside too.

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@frank lotus

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[low blade]

put global da at the top of the function inside it

[frank lotus]

Oh. That works

Thank you

[low blade]

np

[frank lotus]

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