[Tutor] program doesnt work

[Terry Carroll]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Udz wrote:

>  >at the very end of your program?  I suspect that Windows is closing your
> >program down automatically.  t's a common issue for console-based programs
> >on Windows, that your program may actually be running fine, but may simply
> >be finishing too quickly for you to see it.
> 
>  I hardly doubt that is the case, since my program requires input from
> the user at various points throughout execution, but i'll try it
> anyways. thanks!!

You may have a syntax or other error that prevents it from running 
correctly, and then when Python ends with an error, the console window 
automatically closes, as it should.

I usually do all my Python development by opening a command window, and 
running the programs from the command prompt, to avoid this.

-- 
Terry Carroll
Santa Clara, CA
carroll at tjc.com