Change variable in first while loop in two while loops, without globals.

Question

a=1 #the variable I want changed
while a == 1:
b=2
while b == 2:
a=3 #this is local, but I want it to affect the a variable on the first line without using global.
print(a)

Answer 1

The code above should print 3 for variable a by adding a single line to break nested loop. Am I missing something or is it simply printing the local variable instead?

Answer 2

interesting q. bc this variant would work in c#

p.s. I`m not python coder. yet.

Answer 3

Glad I helped. c:

Answer 4

@Hatsey Rei
nope, I think that's the answer I'm looking for