Hi Michael,
Michael Wexler wrote:
> Hi, I've been trying various tutorial things in the "interactive
> window" of Pythonwin and I'm having trouble with simple things in the
> IW; these all work as saved script files.
>
> I've read the help file
>
(mk:@MSITStore:C:\Python24\Doc\ActivePython24.chm::/pywin32/html/pythonwin/doc/guienvironment.html)
> about the Interactive window, and it seems that what I am doing should
> work... but I'm just not sure.
>
> For example, try the following script:
>
> print "Hello"
> print "Hello, again"
>
> I type the first line, and even remember to press SHIFT-Enter. Next
> line appears with "..." as prompt. I then type the next line, and
> press just enter.
When you typed these two statements into a script file they were both at
the same block level (left "margin") because each is a separate, full
statement. If the second line were a continuation of the statement in
the first line then you would use Shift-Enter and indent it to the
second block level. For interactive testing you would use just ENTER
after each line, so the session would look like this:
>>> print "Hello"
Hello
>>> print "Hello, again"
Hello, again
>>>
with the outputs interspersed with the statements. A small example of
statement continuation:
>>> for i in (1, 2, 3):
... print "i = ", i
... print "i2 = ", i * i
...
i = 1
i2 = 1
i = 2
i2 = 4
i = 3
i2 = 9
>>>
The last continuation line "... " indicates the end of this "block",
and the full statement is then sent to the interpreter. The use of
indentation to indicate block level is a property of Python rather than
your specific editor, so you need to check the basic Python
documentation for this.
Enjoy!
Wayne
> I only see the first Hello!
>
> 2nd try: Same as above, but press Shift-Enter after the 2nd line.
Blank line with ..., just press enter. Just first Hello again.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Can the IW not handle multi-line "python
> snippets"?
>
> Thanks, Michael the Beginner
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