You can explicitly reference a global variable if you want this behavior: def f_global(): global s s = "Me too." print(s) prin

You can explicitly reference a global variable if you want this behavior: def f_global(): global s s = "Me too." print(s) print(s) f_global() print(s) Will print: I love Geeksforgeeks Me too. Me too. Of course... please don't do global mutable variables.