Re: Python windows interactive.

Thanks everyone for the help. I got a simple two line program to work
from a text file.
Can not figure out how to write more than one line in interpreter mode.
Is that all interpreter is good for, testing one liners? I have it
run the program everytime I hit return, and can not figure out how to
enter multiple lines of code. I can do multiple lines in text file, so
no problem, but I am jsut wondering can a program with 2 or more lines
be wrote from the interpreter mode?





Larry Bates wrote:
notejam wrote:
I am trying to get started with a interactive version of Python for
windows and need some help.
I have played with the tutorial, and now want to write a program.

In basic language, I could write something like
10 print "hello"
20 print "Jim"

and if I run it I would get
hello
Jim

How do I do sometihing simple like that in python?
How do I enter line numbers, or if none, what do I do.
Can the interpreter load a text file with my program in it?
How do I list a program or the parts of a program I am interested in
looking at?

How do I run a python program?

Start with the tutorial here:

http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html

Your program in python would be:

print "hello"
print "jim"

You don't have line numbers in Python

Yes the interpreter can load a text file with your program.
A good "beginners" version of Python for windows is:

http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/?tn=1

It has an easy to use interpreter window with both your
program and interactive prompt open on the screen.

To run a program you click run icon. To run outside the
interpreter you type python programname.py

-Larry

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