see the answer on your previous post ( http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/8e132d9c734907b/87fd1f579a362e71?q=&rnum=2&hl=en#87fd1f579a362e71), to get an interactive session open a command window and type ' python'
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