On Apr 18, 8:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Instead of starting IDLE as I normally do, I started the Python
> interpreter and tried to run a program. I got a Python prompt (>>>),
> and then tried unsuccessfully to run a Python script named Script1.py
> that runs perfectly well in IDLE. Here's what I did:
>
> >>>Script1.py
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: name Script1 is not defined
>
> >>>python Script1.py
>
> File "<stdin>", line 1
> python Script1.py
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
> I can load it (and have it execute) by typing
>
> >>>import Script1
>
> 0
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
>
> and if I edit it, I can then execute it by reloading it
>
> >>>import Script1
>
> 0
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> <module 'Script1' from 'Script1.pyc'>
>
> But this seems contrived - is there no way to repeatedly run Script1
> from the interpreter without reloading it?
>
> Thomas Philips
You want execfile:
>>> execfile("Script1.py")
See http://pyref.infogami.com/execfile
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