Okay. When I try to run the script from the terminal, it still doesn't work. Here is a screenshot.
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What am I doing wrong? On Feb 25, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > > "Justin Bonnell" <jwbonne...@gmail.com> wrote > >> Python 2.7.1 (r271:86882M, Nov 30 2010, 10:35:34) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. >> build 5664)] on darwin >> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information. > > The >>> prompt means you are already inside Python. > You can type Python commands at the >>> prompt, things like > >>>> print "Hello" > > But you cannot ruin a program from inside the >>> prompt (well, you can, but > its more complicated than sane people want to bother with! :-) > > You run a Python script from the OS Terminal prompt: > > $ python hello.py > >> Shouldn't I be able to run hello.py from the IDLE interpreter? > > You can't run it from the >>> prompt in IDLE but.... > What you can do is open the file for editing and then run that file using the > menu commands, then the output will show up in the interpreter window. > I get how to do this now^^ > HTH, > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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