Python variable assigned by an outside module is accessible for printing but not for assignment in the target module

Question

I have two files, one is in the webroot, and another is a bootstrap located one folder above the web root (this is CGI programming by the way).

The index file in the web

Answer 1

try this:

def initialize():
    global VAR
    print('Content-type: text/html\n\n')
    print(VAR)
    VAR = 'h'
    print(VAR)

Without 'global VAR' python want to use local variable VAR and give you "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'VAR' referenced before assignment"