'''Illustrate a global constant being used inside functions.''' PI = 3.14159265358979 # global constant -- only place the value of PI is set def circleArea(radius): return PI*radius*radius # use value of global constant PI def circleCircumference(radius): return 2*PI*radius # use value of global constant PI print 'circle area with radius 5:', circleArea(5) print 'circumference with radius 5:', circleCircumference(5)