[Tutor] Running Python in script vs. Idle

[brandon w]

Python version 2.6.6

I wrote this in Idle and ran it in Idle and it worked fine.

class ExClass:
     eyes = "brown"
     age = 99
     height = '5\'11'
     def thisMethod(self):
         return 'This method works.'

This is me running it in Idle.

 >>> ExClass
*<class __main__.ExClass at 0xb5aec2fc>*
 >>> x = ExClass()
 >>> x.eyes
*'brown'*
 >>> x.age
*99*
 >>> x.height
*"5'11"*
 >>> x.thisMethod()
*'This method works.'*

Then I try to run it from a script in Gnome-terminal and it does not 
run. I do not get output. I have to add print. to get any output like this:

#!/usr/bin/python

class ExClass:
     eyes = "brown"
     age = 99
     height = '5\'11'
     def thisMethod(self):
         return 'This method works.'

x = ExClass()
x.eyes
x.age
x.height
x.thisMethod()
*print* x.thisMethod()

What is the difference? This is what was confusing me before.

Brandon


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/attachments/20110724/91ae698b/attachment.html>