running a codeblock once (is global word buggy?)

[berniebernie]

could it be that run_once was given a value at one point, without being cleared at the end ?

also, I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think you re-declare 'global string' inside of a block statement

[claudiof]

I think the main problem not understood enough.
I mean if condition is false somehow $run_once is always "yes";


by another mean
global string $run_once="yes";
this line is always working without any control of "if" condition

this is not common for general language rules.

[goleafsgo]

It looks like a bug. Split your string declaration/init into two separate lines and it should work.

eg.

global string $run_once;

if (`window -exists BlahBlahNonExistent1`)
{
global string $run_once;
$run_once="yes";
};

print $run_once;

[GennadiyKorol]

If I remember correctly in earlier versions of Maya the interpreter would not run statements that both include and assign to a global variable. I remember I had to split into two statements as goleafsgo has shown to make it work.

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