Query regarding local and global variables in Python

Question

I am a beginner in Python. Please see the below code:

for line in range(8):
    fact = 1
print(fact)

I received output as 1

My query is since fact variable is withing the scope of for loop, how does Python access the variable outside it's scope. Thank in advance.

for loop doesn't have its own scope ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/291978/short-description-of-the-scoping-rules — Mohit Solanki, May 25 '19 at 13:17
`for` loops don't create a scope (apart from comprehensions in python 3) — Chris_Rands, May 25 '19 at 13:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '19 at 13:19

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Python has function-level scoping, not block-level. With a few exceptions, local variables are local to the whole of the enclosing function.

answered May 25 '19 at 13:19

user200783

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