Hello, I am new to the list and to programming in general. I want to learn Python as I find it an interesting language. I also support an application that is written in Python called Roundup http://roundup.sf.net . I find that I would like to make small tweaks to the program that require a knowledge of Python.
Now to my question. I started reading Instant Python tutorial ( http://hetland.org/writing/instant-python.html ) and came across this section: "/Note:/ To get the examples working properly, write the programs in a text file and then run that with the interpreter; do /not/ try to run them directly in the interactive interpreter - not all of them will work. " I do not know what the author means by running a text file with the interpreter. I noticed that I came across an obstacle early on in trying out the code. I tried writing |first, second = second, first into the PythonWin interpreter, but this resulted in the following error after pressing the return key: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ? NameError: name 'second' is not defined I imagine that I need to create a text file first and then run it with the interpreter. How do I do that? Thank you, Tonu | _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
