Hi,
No What I get if I was to type in ./arg1.py a b c
All I get is []
If i type at the command prompt
python arg1.py a b c
I get ['a','b','c'] as expected
All the other programs and examples I have typed in work fine just by typing in the file name, I don't have to preced the file name with python, only this example. I hope this makes it clearer
Richard G.
Nick Lunt wrote:
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.
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