loly66 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 hey guys I don't understand what Global - Local - Dim do for example here #include <Constants.au3> ; only required for MsgBox constants Global $Var_1 = "Variable 1"Global $Var_2 = "Variable 2" ; Read the variablesMsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_TOPMOST, "Reading", "In The Main Script" & @CRLF & @CRLF & "Variable 1 = " & $Var_1 & @CRLF & "Variable 2 = " & $Var_2) ; Read the variables in a function_Function() ; And now read the variables again - see that $iVar_2 has changedMsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_TOPMOST, "Reading", "Back In The Main Script" & @CRLF & @CRLF & "Variable 1 = " & $Var_1 & @CRLF & "Variable 2 = " & $Var_2) Func _Function() ; Read the variables MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_TOPMOST, "Reading", "In The Function" & @CRLF & @CRLF & "Variable 1 = " & $Var_1 & @CRLF & "Variable 2 = " & $Var_2) ; Now let us change one of the variables WITHIN the function $Var_2 = "Changed Variable 2"EndFunc I have copied it and used it works fine then I removed " Global " and still it works fine same as before nothing changes so what does global do hope someone will explain what they do exactly and sorry for bad english thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Welcome to AutoIt and the forum! Did you have a look in the help file? Section "Variables" describes how the scope works. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Did you read the wiki page? Before you say no, please read it and look at the examples. If you did then best to search a little more as this topic comes up once a month on average. Article: https://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/Variables_-_using_Global,_Local,_Static_and_ByRef Note: Copying the example without reading is only part of learning. UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loly66 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 first thanks, and I did read yes but I don't understand because i removed Global and function still working fine same as before nothing changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jos Posted March 11, 2015 Developers Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) first thanks, and I did read yes but I don't understand because i removed Global and function still working fine same as before nothing changes This means you haven't read & understood the page yet as it is clearly stated what the default scope is: We scope variables by using the Global, Local and Static keywords when the variables are first declared - look at the examples below. By default, AutoIt scopes any variables declared in the main body of a script (that is not between a Func and EndFunc pair) as Global and any variables declared within function declarations as Local. But it is a good idea to explicitly declare your variables to make sure that you get what you want. So try taking the time to read and understand it as this is a fundamental thing to understand. Jos Edited March 11, 2015 by Jos SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOne Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Local in global scope = Global No scope declaration in global scope = Global Local in local scope = Local No scope declaration in local scope = Local Global in local scope = Global AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loly66 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 i have read yes but i don't understand but thanks very much i will take my time yes to understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 It may be strange, but I probably don't properly understand it either... much like that Assembly class I took in college. I just Global declare all vars I use at the beginning of the script. Of course, sometimes I don't declare all vars (I might forget one) and SyntaxCheck still passes, which means those "undeclared" in my Global section as actually being declared Local in the code. Usually I try my best to Global everything, it seems to work just fine. Twitter | MSFN | VGCollect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikell Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 One good way to learn could be to use Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1) at the top of the script, and then check errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudw2k Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 (edited) The Wiki link guinness best details it all but here is another crude example. Global $sText1 = "Global String" Local $sText2 = "Local String outside of any Function" _A() ConsoleWrite("----Variables outside Function A----" & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite($sText1 & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite($sText2 & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite($sTextFuncA1 & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite($sTextFuncA2 & @CRLF) Func _A() Local $sText1 = "Local String inside Function A" Global $sTextFuncA1 = "Global String inside Function A" Local $sTextFuncA2 = "Local String inside Functioin A" ConsoleWrite("----Variables inside Func A----" & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite($sText1 & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite($sText2 & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite($sTextFuncA1 & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite($sTextFuncA2 & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite(@CRLF) $sText2 = "'Global' String changed withing Function A" EndFunc At the beginning of the script I declared a Global and a Local Variable. Both of these variables are treated as global as they reside outside of any functions. I then call function A. Inside function A I declare a Local variable of the same name as the Global variable $sText1 and set a different value. You will notice when I exit function A I write the original variable value to the console which still has the Global variable value set. Inside Function A I also changed the value of $sText2 as well as declared a Global variable which is accessible outside of the function. When the function completes I write the vars listed under the function call _A(); notice that the local variable $sTextFuncA2 produces an error. Essentially it works like this. Variables defined as Global are accessible anywhere in the script (inside or outside of functions). Variables defined as local that reside within functions are only accessible within those functions. There is no real difference declaring a variable as Global or Local when they are declared outside of a function, as described by JohnOne above. Edited March 12, 2015 by spudw2k Spoiler Things I've Made: Always On Top Tool ◊ AU History ◊ Deck of Cards ◊ HideIt ◊ ICU ◊ Icon Freezer ◊ Ipod Ejector ◊ Junos Configuration Explorer ◊ Link Downloader ◊ MD5 Folder Enumerator ◊ PassGen ◊ Ping Tool ◊ Quick NIC ◊ Read OCR ◊ RemoteIT ◊ SchTasksGui ◊ SpyCam ◊ System Scan Report Tool ◊ System UpTime ◊ Transparency Machine ◊ VMWare ESX BuilderMisc Code Snippets: ADODB Example ◊ CheckHover ◊ Detect SafeMode ◊ DynEnumArray ◊ GetNetStatData ◊ HashArray ◊ IsBetweenDates ◊ Local Admins ◊ Make Choice ◊ Recursive File List ◊ Remove Sizebox Style ◊ Retrieve PNPDeviceID ◊ Retreive SysListView32 Contents ◊ Set IE Homepage ◊ Tickle Expired Password ◊ Transpose ArrayProjects: Drive Space Usage GUI ◊ LEDkIT ◊ Plasma_kIt ◊ Scan Engine Builder ◊ SpeeDBurner ◊ SubnetCalcCool Stuff: AutoItObject UDF ◊ Extract Icon From Proc ◊ GuiCtrlFontRotate ◊ Hex Edit Funcs ◊ Run binary ◊ Service_UDF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 One good way to learn could be to use Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1) at the top of the script, and then check errors In the wiki article it suggests to use Au3Check with additional params. UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwert Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Global $sText1 = "Global String" Local $sText2 = "Local String outside of any Function" This instance of the use a Local variable has always bothered me. Yes, I understand the mechanics ... which others have clearly pointed out. But I've concluded that about 9 times out of 10, an occurrence of a Local outside of a function means that statements have been pasted in or moved without considering the scope of variables ... and made somewhat worse by the fact that the code actually works with them that way. Wouldn't it be reasonable for the compiler to always flag these occurrences? ... in the same way it flags that a variable might be undefined when it is actually defined further down in a script? I seems that could prevent a misstep in development every now and then. Leaving it "as is" only confuses anyone taking a first look at a particular script ... or at AU3, for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Seems you (qwert) and I are on the same page. This is my take on the whole Local in "Global scope" >> UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AspirinJunkie Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 No scope declaration in local scope = LocalNot as easy as it seems.For this case it depends on if there is already a global variable with the same name. If yes - this global variable is used - if not a local variable gets declared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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