Re: [Tutor] Help this newbie
Elliot Silvers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I am as new as you can get to Python. I have just learned how to save my work (very simple work of course). I created a folder on C:\ (in this case C:\Elliot) for my work. I am able to use the cmd prompt to run it Congratulations. You should also be able to run it by double clicking in explorer. however I cannot figure out how to import it using the python (command line). Can you show us what happens when you try. Cut n paste from the command window into your email. However there are two areas which might be messing things up: 1) do not specify the .py when importing ie to import foo.py type import foo 2) Make sure your Elliot folder is in the import path. There are several waays to do this, the simplest is to add your folder to the PYTHONPATH environment variable. (If 2 is the problem then the impoprt should work OK if you CD to your folder before starting Python...) To set environment variables see the sidebar in the Moresequences topic in my tutorial... You will probably need to create PYTHONPATH as a new variable. HTH, -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Help this newbie
This is Windows I presume? Try: cd\python25 python C:\Elliot\filename.py But for windows you shouldn't have to. You can just double-click the file. On the other hand, if you mean 'import' as it means in the context of the actual python language, then you would put the line import filename at the top of a script which is supposed to use your module. - Original Message - From: Elliot Silvers To: tutor@python.org Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 9:21 PM Subject: [Tutor] Help this newbie I am as new as you can get to Python. I have just learned how to save my work (very simple work of course). I created a folder on C:\ (in this case C:\Elliot) for my work. I am able to use the cmd prompt to run it (cd \Elliot - C:\Elliot 'filename.py') however I cannot figure out how to import it using the python (command line). Please help. There is most likely a very simple solution. I have just not been able to figure it out. Thanks Elliot Windows Live Hotmail is giving away Zunes. Enter for your chance to win. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
