Richard, if you try to print sys.argv[1:] when sys.argv only contain sys.argv[0] then you are bound to get an empty list returned, [] .
Im not sure I understand the problem you think you've got but here's what happens with sys.argv for me, and it's correct. [argl.py] $ cat argl.py #!/usr/bin/python import sys print sys.argv[1:] ./argl.py [] ./argl.py a b c ['a', 'b', 'c'] Is that what your getting ? > Sorry for the late response, I tried all of the the suggestions, > including correcting my typo of print sys[1:] and tried print > sys,argv[1:], this does now work as long as I run 'python test.py fred > joe' it returns all the arguments. If I try just test.py all I get is > '[]' . Is there something wrong with my environmental variables in > Windows XP, I would like to be able to just use the file name rather > than having to type python each time. Any help would be gratefully received. > > Richard G. > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
