[Tutor] Writing Scripts.

[Alan Gauld]

"Autumn Cutter" <autumnc90 at gmail.com> wrote

>I just started learning Python last night and I'm a little stuck on 
>how to write a Python script.
> I'm using Python 2.5.0 on a Mac OS X 10.6.4.

To create the program you use any standard text editor - although one 
that supports
programming will be better. So you can use any of the programs you 
listed.
All you need to do is create a new file containg your python code and 
save
it with a sensible name and end it in .py

So you could create a file called hello.py which contains the single 
line:

print "Hello"


After you save it open the Terminal application and navigate to the 
folder
where you saved the file. ( ISTR that you can do that by dragging a 
folder
from Finder onto the Terminal... if I'm dreaming use the cd 
command...)

Now type

python hello.py

at the Unix prompt to get the code to run. You should see hello 
printed on screen.

Try that and if it doesn't work tell us what happened, including the 
exact text of
any error messages you see.

There are better ways to run the programs once you get itall set up 
properly
but for now we will be best to stick to basics!

HTH,


-- 
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/