Question

this is probably a dumb question, but wasnt too sure what else to do.

main.py

import module2
global x
hello="Hello"
x=module2.message()
x.say()

module2.py

class message:
    def say():
        print hello

When I print hello, i am referring to the hello variable in main.py however this method will return an error. Does anyone know the solution? (i would prefer not to pipe the hello variable into the function)

Answer 1

The only reliable solution is called encapsulation.

So, basically, you could change your code to look like that:

main.py

import module2

global x
hello="Hello"
x=module2.message(hello)
x.say()

module2.py

class message:
    def __init__(self, hello):
        self.hello = hello
    def say():
        print self.hello

Plus try to follow coding style of Python – life of you and future developers of your code will be easier.