[Tutor] sys.argv[1: ] help

[Liam Clarke]

Yeah, python.exe is the right one... bizarre... I'll have a poke at it
when I get home from work.
Sorry I haven't been more helpful. 

Cheers, 

Liam Clarke

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:57:30 +0000, Richard gelling
<uselinux34 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It is actually associated with just 'python', changed it to associate
> with 'pythonw' and I got nothing on the same example not even the [], so
> I am assuming that 'python' is the correct one?
> 
> Liam Clarke wrote:
> 
> >Yeah, right click on a .py and check if it's associated with pythonw
> >or python.exe
> >
> >GL,
> >
> >Liam Clarke
> >
> >
> >On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:28:18 +0000, Richard gelling
> ><uselinux34 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>Yes, I use both Wndows XP and Linux( at work ) . I left that in by
> >>mistake I am actually just typing in
> >>
> >>arg1,py a b c
> >>
> >>at the windows XP command prompt
> >>
> >>Sorry for the confusion.
> >>
> >>
> >>Liam Clarke wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Are you using XP still? I've never seen this before -
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>./arg1.py a  b c
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>But anyhoo, I tried out just
> >>>'c:\python23\foo.py'
> >>>as opposed to
> >>>'c:\python23\python foo.py' and
> >>>while foo.py will run, it doesn't echo to the console, as on my
> >>>machine running a .py file runs it through pythonw.exe - I'd check it
> >>>out for your machine, it's probably the same. You'd need to change the
> >>>association to python.exe, but that would mean that you always got a
> >>>DOS box for every Python script you ran, which is annoying with GUIs.
> >>>
> >>>Erm, if you don't want to type in python each time, either change the
> >>>association or create a batch file called x or a or something that
> >>>runs Python  and stick it in a directory that's in your PATH system
> >>>variable. Only problem with that is passing command line variables....
> >>>
> >>>...might just be better to type python....
> >>>
> >>>Good Luck,
> >>>
> >>>Liam Clarke
> >>>
> >>>On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:55:54 +0000, Richard gelling
> >>><uselinux34 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>No What I get if I was to type in
> >>>>./arg1.py a  b c
> >>>>
> >>>>All I get is
> >>>>[]
> >>>>
> >>>>If i type at the command prompt
> >>>>
> >>>>python arg1.py a b c
> >>>>
> >>>>I get ['a','b','c']  as expected
> >>>>
> >>>>All the other programs and examples I have typed in work fine just by
> >>>>typing in the file name, I don't have to preced the file name with
> >>>>python, only this example. I hope this makes it clearer
> >>>>
> >>>>Richard G.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Nick Lunt wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>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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> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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