Global variables not accessible inside loop

New to Julia
1

I am trying to execute this simple lines of code, but keep getting an undef error, although I explicitly define my variable to be global.

global t = 1;
for i in 1:10
t+=0.1;print(“\ni=”,i,“, t=”,t);
end

This gives

ERROR: UndefVarError: t not defined
I am using Julia 1.1.0. Can you help me understand what I am doing wrong.

2

You need global t += 0.1 in the loop to modify a global.

3

The keyword global is at the wrong place.

t = 1;
for i in 1:100  
    global t += 0.1
    @show t i
end
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If you are an introductory user, then I suggest for now either (1) using Jupyter for exploration, as it is more intuitive; or (2) wrap code with loops in functions if working in the console or top level scripts.

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Or just use the global keyword if you want to modify a global variable from inside a loop, function or other scope block.

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Thanks. I will reread the manual and try to understand why this works.

7

Thanks. I will try to get Jupyter.

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I will reread the manual and try to understand why this works. Thanks !

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