So I'm starting like Python a bit, but I'm having trouble erm...running it. Lol
I'm using IDLE for now, but its no use whatsoever because you can only run a couple of lines at a time.
I'm also using Komodo Edit to create the actual .py files.
My question is, how can I run the .py files to test out the actual program?
I'm using Windows 7, and Komodo Edit 5 as my IDE. Pressing F5 in Komodo doesn't do anythin at all.
What I just did, to open a simple python script by double clicking. I just added a batch file to the directory containing the script:
@echo off
python exercise.py
pause>nul
(I have the python executable on my system path. If not one would need include its complete path of course.)
Then I just can double click on the batch file to run the script. The third line keeps the cmd window from being dismissed as soon as the script ends, so you can see the results. :) When you're done just close the command window.
Navigate your file location just press Shift button and click file name. Click tab Open command window here and write in your command prompt python file_name.py
If you want to run the #'.py' file just write in print() in your code to actually see it get printed. Unlike python IDLE, you need to specify what you want to print using print() command. For eg.
import os
os.getcwd()
a=[1,2,3,4,5]
name= 'Python'
# Use print() function
print(a)
print(name)
OUTPUT [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Python
I have tried many of the commands listed above, however none worked, even after setting my path to include the directory where I installed Python.
The command py -3 file.py always works for me, and if I want to run Python 2 code, as long as Python 2 is in my path, just changing the command to py -2 file.py works perfectly.
I am using Windows, so I'm not too sure if this command will work on Linux, or Mac, but it's worth a try.