Irmen de Jong <irmen@[...].nl>  wrote on
Sat, 12 Jul 2003 20:42:06 GMT in comp.lang.python: 

>  A function that modifies a global is generally considered
>  bad design (it has 'side-effects').
>  
>  But if you really need to do this, just add a 'global'
>  statement: 
>  
>  def change_i():
>       global i
>       i+=1
>  

I know it is bad design, it is only to increment the score in a 
game I'm writing though, nothing fancy.

Thanks for the info, it works now.
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