# File: scope5.py
#
# This is a silly hack.
# We made n global, but now it is
# always the variable n that gets
# changed, even when we call inc(b).
#

def inc(x):
   global n

   n = x + 1
   return n 

n = 3
print(inc(n))
print("n = ", n)

b = 15
print(inc(b))
print("b =", b)
print("n = ", n)


'''
Output from the program:

4
n =  4
16
b = 15
n =  16

'''