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Global variable is not defined at the module level

Reports problems when a variable defined through the global statement is not defined in the module scope.

Example:

def foo(): global bar print(bar) foo()

As a fix, you can move the global variable declaration:

global bar def foo(): print(bar)

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

PyGlobalUndefined
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Python

Inspection ID: PyGlobalUndefinedInspection

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection PyGlobalUndefined

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 18 September 2025