* Tonu Mikk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070330 18:52]: > 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?
Well, you did not mention your platform, but in this case, the interactive one should do: first = 1 second = 2 first, second = second, first About these file thing: Write your code to a file named ending in .py, and then call it as python yourname.py Andreas _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
