global - Access global variables
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Description
This command has no effect unless executed in the context of a proc body. If the global command is
executed in the context of a proc body, it creates local variables linked to the corresponding global
variables (though these linked variables, like those created by upvar, are not included in the list
returned by infolocals).
If varname contains namespace qualifiers, the local variable's name is the unqualified name of the global
variable, as determined by the namespacetail command.
varname is always treated as the name of a variable, not an array element. An error is returned if the
name looks like an array element, such as a(b).
Examples
This procedure sets the namespace variable ::a::x
proc reset {} {
global a::x
set x 0
}
This procedure accumulates the strings passed to it in a global buffer, separated by newlines. It is
useful for situations when you want to build a message piece-by-piece (as if with puts) but send that
full message in a single piece (e.g. over a connection opened with socket or as part of a counted HTTP
response).
proc accum {string} {
global accumulator
append accumulator $string \n
}
Keywords
global, namespace, procedure, variable
Tcl global(3tcl)
Name
global - Access global variables
See Also
namespace(3tcl), upvar(3tcl), variable(3tcl)
Synopsis
global ?varname...? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
