🔒 variable defined in "if" not available in "else"

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[hard moss]

x = 5
if True:
    x = 42
else:
    x = 0

you can define it first and then use it in the condition

[languid delta]

i need it to be constantly updated every frame

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/2MDQ

im using pygame

[lapis plinth]

it will be updated, if you reassign the correct value to it when you want to update

[languid delta]

my problem is with the variable last_score

[languid delta]

so i define it outside the if statement, update it in the if statement, and then i can reference it in the else statement? not sure if that makes sense but thats what i need in my code

[lapis plinth]

yes

[languid delta]

ahhhh okay thanks a lot

[lapis plinth]

and since it is inside a while loop

everytime the loop runs

it gets updated

[languid delta]

and it doesnt matter if i define it within or outside of the while loop, right? as long as its outside the if statement

nvm stupid question hahahah

[lapis plinth]

variables defined in an if statement, stay in the IF statement block

as far as I know

[languid delta]

okay thanks, it worked

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