Referencing Ren'py variables within Python block

[namastaii]

This is probably a silly question but I couldn't find enough information on other posts or Google that helped me. I'm having a hard time referencing external variables in python functions or definitions. If I have it declared on the same page, it's fine but if it's not on the same page, the game will tell me it doesn't exist. An example:

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init offset = -3

default my_variable = "Hi"

init python:
    def print_myvar():
        print(my_variable)

something like this would work but if default my_variable was on another .rpy page and the def print_myvar on another, it doesn't work. Do I use global? I'm not 100% versed on mixing python with ren'py language and how they interact but I need my_variable to be as global as possible because it is editable by the user and used in multiple places/functions/etc

[Remix]

You would need to make sure the file creating the variable is parsed before the file using it... basically name them in the order you want them.

Alternatively, you could adjust the python init to be higher than zero, with: init 1 python:

[namastaii]

the my_variable is in a init -3 and the other is just simply in an init python

[trooper6]

When creating your own classes or functions, it is its own scope. So if you want to do something with a variable in that class or function, you have to either: 1) pass the variable in, 2) having that variable be global, or 3) use your own local variable.

So

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default my_variable = "Hi"

init python:
    def print_myvar():
        global my_variable
        print(my_variable)

or

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default my_variable = "Hi"

init python:
    def print_myvar(print_var):
        print(print_var)
        
label start:
    $ print_myvar(my_variable)

[namastaii]

Okay thank you I'll work with that