create a global function in python
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Put notify()
in a utility module and have all the other modules import it.
Author by
lanrat
Updated on June 07, 2022Comments
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lanrat almost 2 years
In python how can I create a function that can be global an used in all classes that are called? Here is an example:
import configparser import os import sys from datetime import datetime from ftplib import FTP def notify(msg): echo = True log = True if echo: print(msg) if log: f = open('log.txt','a') msg = datetime.now().strftime("%y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")+': ' + msg f.write(msg) f.close() #sys.exit() #removing this was the fix! class zoneFTP(): def __init__(self): self.conn = FTP() self.dir = './' notify('The dir is :' + self.dir) def main(): notify('starting') ftp = zoneFTP() if __name__ == "__main__": main()
Calling
notify()
in the zoneFTP class fails. How can I make thenotify()
function like one of the python built in functions so that it can be called anywhere? Or is there a better way of doing what I am trying to accomplish here? -
lanrat about 13 yearsThis is a good idea, and as I get more functions like this I may start using this method, removing sys.exit() fixed the problem.