Millman-Family-Admins-iMac-2:~ Hershel$ python Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:49) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import turtle >>> turtle.__file__ '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/turtle.py' >>> turtle.pendown <function pendown at 0x10072bcf8> >>> turtle.pendown() >>>
It seemed to work perfectly and do what it was supposed to. Is my problem then with PyCharm? Thanks. Begin forwarded message: > From: Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor@python.org> > Date: June 23, 2016 4:44:15 PM MST > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Fwd: : Turtle > Reply-To: Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@yahoo.co.uk> > > On 23/06/16 22:13, Hershel Millman wrote: >> What I typed was: >> >> import turtle >> turtle.pendown() >> >> (And pendown was highlighted in pycharm, indicating that it was not a valid >> command.) > > Don't use pycharm. We need to eliminate as many variables as possible. > Start python in a Terminal and just type the commands into the raw > Python interpreter. Send a paste of the transcript. > I expect to see something like: > > agauld@ubuntu:~$ python2 > Python 2.7.6 (default, Jun 22 2015, 17:58:13) > [GCC 4.8.2] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> import turtle >>>> turtle.__file__ > '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/turtle.pyc' >>>> turtle.pendown > <function pendown at 0x7f804ecd1320> >>>> turtle.pendown() >>>> > > Can you reproduce that on your Mac? (Except maybe with an > error message somewhere along the line?) > >> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/python2.5 >> "/Users/Hershel/PycharmProjects/Project 1/practicefornotturtle.py" >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/Users/Hershel/PycharmProjects/Project 1/practicefornotturtle.py", >> line 2, in <module> >> turtle.pendown() >> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'pendown' > > I notice that this says you are using Python 2.5 but your > last message suggested the module was in 2.6. > > I don't think that should make a difference for the turtle > module but it might be significant... Lets see your > transcript first. > > -- > Alan G > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld > Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor