Question

test1 = 0
def test_func():
    test1 += 1
test_func()

I am receiving the following error:

UnboundLocalError: local variable ‘test1’ referenced before assignment.

Error says that 'test1' is local variable but i thought that this variable is global

So is it global or local and how to solve this error without passing global test1 as argument to test_func?

Answer 1

In order for you to modify test1 while inside a function you will need to do define test1 as a global variable, for example:

test1 = 0
def test_func():
    global test1 
    test1 += 1
test_func()

However, if you only need to read the global variable you can print it without using the keyword global, like so:

test1 = 0
def test_func():
    print(test1)
test_func()

But whenever you need to modify a global variable you must use the keyword global.