--- In PhillyPug@yahoogroups.com, Erik Osheim <erik@...> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 09:03:40PM -0000, Shawn Moffit wrote:
> > so - once I get to the python command prompt, I should be able to
open
> > .py files - right?
>
> Well, from python, you can import python modules (to import foo.py,
> you'd write "import foo"). You can't run python scripts from within
> python--or at least, you can't do what you're expecting to do.
> Importing a Python module and running a Python program are two
> different things.
>
> > or is the point that you are making is that the book reference I
> > described from what you can see indicates that I should be calling
the
> > files using the cmd.exe terminal, not the python terminal.
>
> I guess I was implying that if you are following the book examples you
> should run the script ("call the files") from cmd.exe
>
> > I'd like to be able to just run the files through the python
terminal,
> > but you are right, I'm definitely confused as I grew up on windows
not
> > dos and am fairly new to programming in general.
>
> If you see an example like:
>
> $ python foo.py
>
> Then to follow along exactly you need to use cmd.exe, because that is
> what they are doing in that example. If you see an example like:
>
> >>> for i in range(0, 10):
> ... print i
>
> Then you should use the python interpreter window. It's also fair to
> note that running a script from IDLE (assuming there is a "Run Script"
> menu option) is equivalent to typing "python script.py" in cmd.exe
>
> > I can't import the functions because my environment is screwed up or
I'm
> > doing something wrong.
>
> The importing and stuff can all take place from within the Python
> interpreter; you can tell this because those lines begin with ">>>"
> (rather than "$").
>
> Good luck,
>
> -- Erik
>