John & Mary Cook wrote: > I just installed Python on Windows XP Pro. When I enter 'python' at the >>> > prompt in Pythonwin IDE I get the following: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ? > Name Error: name 'python' is not defined > > Can anyone help? > > Thank you, > > J. T. Cook
That's because the Pythonwin IDE with the >>> prompt is already running the Python interpreter. The Python interpreter allows you to run python statements and expressions with instant feedback. Python doesn't define the 'python' name inside of itself. I recommend that you read through the Python tutorial, and maybe do a Google search for Python tutorials. When you next see the >>> prompt, try typing in the following: import this print ' '.join( ('Python', 'rocks!') ) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list