UnboundLocalError trying to use a variable (supposed to be global) that is (re)assigned (even after first use)

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Python treats variables in functions differently depending on whether you assign values to them from inside or outside the function. If a variable is assigned within a function, it is treated by default as a local variable. Therefore, when you uncomment the line, you are trying to reference the local variable c before any value has been assigned to it.

If you want the variable c to refer to the global c = 3 assigned before the function, put

global c

as the first line of the function.

As for python 3, there is now

nonlocal c

that you can use to refer to the nearest enclosing function scope that has a c variable.

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