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Function Details: locals

Description

Returns a dictionary containing the current scope's local variables.

Extended Description

The locals() function returns a dictionary representing the current local symbol table. Free variables are returned by locals() when it is called in function blocks, but not in class blocks. Note that at the module level, locals() and globals() are the same dictionary.

Read More about locals from Python Documentation

Function Signature

locals() -> dict

Module: builtins

Parameters

Return

Returns a dictionary containing the local namespace.

Return Type

dict

Output

Explanation

This example shows how locals() returns a dictionary of local variables in a function.