[Tutor] sys.argv[1: ] help

[Nick Lunt]

Richard,

if you try to print sys.argv[1:] when sys.argv only contain sys.argv[0]
then you are bound to get an empty list returned, [] .

Im not sure I understand the problem you think you've got but here's
what happens with sys.argv for me, and it's correct.

[argl.py]

$ cat argl.py
#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
print sys.argv[1:]


./argl.py
[]

./argl.py a b c
['a', 'b', 'c']

Is that what your getting ? 



> Sorry for the late response, I tried all of the the suggestions, 
> including correcting my typo of print sys[1:] and tried print 
> sys,argv[1:], this does now work as long as I run 'python test.py fred 
> joe' it returns all the arguments. If I try just test.py all I get is 
> '[]' . Is there something wrong with my environmental variables in 
> Windows XP, I would like to be able to just use the file name rather 
> than having to type python each time. Any help would be gratefully received.
> 
> Richard G.
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