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I Have a Function Loading a Value From a File, but It Isn't Working

gold = 0
def load_gold():
  e = open('gold.txt', 'r')
  ee = e.readline()
  gold = int(ee)
load_gold()

In the file, the only information is

-1

The saving function works just fine, but whenever I reload and run the program, it resets gold to 0.

Solution

  • gold is declared as a global variable so if you want to alter it in your method you need declare is global in the method. Like this:

    gold = 0
def load_gold():
    global gold
    e = open('gold.txt', 'r')
    ee = e.readline()
    gold = int(ee)
load_gold()