[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: Getting stdin using TextWrangler or BBEdit, but not MacPython

[Louis Pecora]

Bob Ippolito wrote:

>
> I don't know a damn thing about TextWrangler, but this works with any 
> Python that has a working stdin:
>
> while True:
>     text = raw_input("Input 2 ints and a float: ")
>     try:
>         i1, i2, f1 = [t(v) for (t, v) in zip((int, int, float), 
> text.split())]
>     except ValueError, e:
>         print 'Invalid Entry: %s' % (e,)
>         continue
>     break
>
Yes, it works in a terminal.  But it doesn't work in TextWrangler.  Must be something about how that code editing app handles the Python I/O.  But I can't expect you to fix that.  :-) 

Thanks for your help.  Will deal with the terminal approach.  
Muchas gracias.

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Cheers,

Lou Pecora

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