How can I share a variable between functions in Python?

Question

I have two functions, fun1 and fun2, which take as inputs a string and a number, respectively. They also both get the same variable, a, as

Answer 1

Object-oriented programming helps here:

class MyClass(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.a = ['A','X','R','N','L']  # Shared instance member :D

    def fun1(self, string):
        out = []
        for letter in self.a:
            out.append(string+letter)
        return out

    def fun2(self, number):
        out = []
        for letter in self.a:
            out.append(str(number)+letter)
        return out

a = MyClass()
x = a.fun1('Hello ')
y = a.fun2(2)