I have a function to connect to a database. This code works:
def connect():
return MySQLdb.connect("example.com", "username", "password", "database")
But this doesn't:
def connect():
host = "example.com"
user = "username"
pass = "password"
base = "database"
return MySQLdb.connect(host, user, pass, base)
Why so?
pass is a reserved keyword.
Pick different variable names and your code should work fine.
Maybe something like:
def connect():
_host = "example.com"
_user = "username"
_pass = "password"
_base = "database"
return MySQLdb.connect(_host, _user, _pass, _base)
_ to the keyword. When you prepend, it means it's a private variable.