[Tutor] Help with very basic question

[Liam Clarke]

You're using the interpreter. It executes a line at at time.

Download a Python friendly editor  - 

http://www.python.org/moin/PythonEditors

I use Pype on my WinXP box, but it's personal preference. 

Write a script (i.e.)

import sys

h = raw_input("What is your name? ")
print h
sys.exit()

save it as somename.py, and run it as follows - 

python somename,py

The interactive interpreter, which has a prompt like this - 

>>>

Executes one block at at time.
You can't type more than one line(unless you're writing a  code block like - 

for a in item:

or

while x = 5:


or

try:

or

if not h:

Notice how they all end with colons? Python will pick that up and
change the promprt to

... to indicate a block.

HTH

Liam Clarke



On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:39:22 -0800 (PST), Harov Satmandirvich
<elrood_corrino_ii at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello.  Before I continue with a tutorial I would like
> to know something very basic:  Is there any other way
> to advance a line in Python than hitting
> "tabtabtabtab"..etc?   When I hit"enter?" it enters
> the line as if it was a complete bit of program.
> 
> 
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