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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Using Python 2.5.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">DemandModel.py is a valid, working python script. If I create another script file, then:</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">execfile</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">‘</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">DemandModel.py</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">w</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">orks fine.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> However, the apparently similar:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">def runfile():</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">execfile('DemandModel.py')</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">runfile()</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">doesn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t, for no apparent reason: I get </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Calibri"> File "DemandModel.py", line 12, in DemandModel</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Calibri"> Parameters=ReadDmData(segname)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Calibri">NameError: global name 'ReadDmData' is not defined</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Any ideas why?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Use of </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">CodeFile=open('DemandModel.py', 'r')</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#00B0F0" FACE="Calibri">exec(CodeFile)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">instead of execfile, doesn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t make any difference either way</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, nor does it make any difference if I read the file using read() and then execute the string- in all cases the top-level command works; placed in a function it doesn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Regards and thanks,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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