[Tutor] calling user defined function

[roberto]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:10 PM, bob gailer <bgailer at gmail.com> wrote:
> roberto wrote:
>>
>> hello
>> i have a question which i didn't solved yet:
>> i can define a function using the text editor provided by IDLE 3.0;
>> then i'd like to call this function from the python prompt
>>
>> but when i try to do it, python warns me that function doesn't exist
>> of course if i define the function directly using the >>> prompt,
>> after that everything is fine
>>
>> may you tell me where i have to save the file that defines the
>> function is order to use it later ?
>> is it a problem of path ?
>>
>
> Let's say you saved the file as foo.py. Then:
>>>> import foo
>>>> foo.afunction()
>

thank you very much, the help you provided me works fine

nonetheless, yesterday i met a little problem:
the procedure you indicated me

>>>> import foo
>>>> foo.afunction()

works fine but when i modify the function "afunction" in the file
foo.py then no change occurs when i call it again, i mean the function
behavior is exactely the same as before i made any modification; i
tried to import foo again, but nothing happens, the output of
"foo.afunction" is as if i never made any change to it ...

if you have any suggestion, it is very appreciated


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