How to drop into REPL (Read, Eval, Print, Loop) from Python code

dsimcha_23903 0
Viewed 47486

Is there a way to programmatically force a Python script to drop into a REPL at an arbitrary point in its execution, even if the script was launched from the command line?

I'm writing a quick and dirty plotting program, which I want to read data from stdin or a file, plot it, and then drop into the REPL to allow for the plot to be customized.

interactive python
7 Answers

Great answers above, but if you would like this functionality in your IDE. Using Visual Studio Code (v1.5.*) with Python Setup:

  1. Highlight the lines you would like to run and
  • right click and select Run Selection/Line in Interactive Window from the drop down.
  • Press shift + enter on your keyboard.

enter image description here

  1. Right click on the Python file you want to execute in the file explorer and select Run Current File in Interactive Window

enter image description here

This will launch an interactive session, with linting, code completion and syntax highlighting:

enter image description here

enter image description here

Enter the code you would like to evaluate, and hit shift + enter on your keyboard to execute.

Enjoy Python!

user_11519430
Related