[Tutor] Get confused by ... and >>>

[Kent Johnson]

 >>> and ... are prompts written by the python interpreter when you run it 
from the command line. You shouldn't type them in yourself. >>> is the 
prompt used when the interpreter is expecting a new statement. ... is the 
'secondary' prompt used when you have typed something incomplete and the 
interpreter is expecting something more.

Using your previous example,
 >>> # This is a comment
... 2+2
4

what you type is
# This is a comment<enter>
2+2<enter>

The interpreter types the >>>, ... and 4

Note if you are using an IDLE shell window you will see the >>> but not the ...

Kent

At 02:57 PM 9/6/2004 +0100, W X Liu wrote:
>Hello guys,
>
>I am learning python now, and I get confused by ... and >>>, who can give me
>some clues or examples in what situation the ... or >>> should be use.
>
>Regards
>
>Wenxin Liu
>
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