Mouse in the Cabinet (Solution)
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The cabinet_items, which is a list of the keys and the sunglasses, is the local scope from the perspective of the mouse. And then in the enclosing scope, you can find the basement items which are bed and cabinet in a list.
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So from the perspective of the mouse, that’s not in the function where the mouse is sitting in, but it’s inside of the enclosing function, which is explore_basement().
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Then in the global scope, there is address. If you have a look at the code, there is no function surrounding the address variable, but it’s just sitting there.
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And then the print() function is in the built-in scope because it’s available in Python anywhere. So that makes the print() function part of the built-in scope.
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Ismar on Nov. 11, 2025
I’m confused. In the sample code, there is code very similar to mouse in the cabinet, with a
explore_basement()function but it’s in a file calledrename_palace_exercise.pyand doesn’t have a list ofcabinet_itemsbut rather anaddressvariable. I think something is mixed up here.