[Tutor] Getting started with Python

[Mats Wichmann]

On 07/24/2018 01:55 PM, Aimee Hubbard wrote:
> Hi,
> I have done some introductory courses with Python, but they did not cover
> how to get Python (3.7 version 64 bit) up and running on my own computer. I
> have it downloaded on my Windows 10 computer and made sure in my
> "Environment Variables" that it has the path
> (C:\Users\aimee6\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages).
> But whenever I try to run any commands like "python --version" I get this
> error:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
>     python
> NameError: name 'python' is not defined
> 
> I am just not sure what step I am missing. Any help you can offer would be
> greatly appreciated. Thank you so much and I hope you are having a great
> night!

you are typing the command _inside_ the python shell.  The command you
are trying is intended to be typed to a command shell (outside python)

to get the version from inside python type these:

import sys
print(sys.version)