Well, that's at least weird. I did test my code with Python 2.5 on Win XP, using the command prompt. But testing it with IDLE gives exactly the same error Bernard has. So apparently STDIN can't be accessed with IDLE.
Rolf John Machin wrote: > > Excuse me, gentlemen, may I be your referee *before* you resort to > pistols at dawn? > > ===== IDLE ===== > IDLE 1.2.1 > >>>> import sys >>>> sys.stdin.readlines >>>> > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module> > sys.stdin.readlines > AttributeError: readlines > > > ===== Command Prompt ===== > C:\junk>python > Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310 32 bit > (Intel)] on win32 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>>> import sys >>>> sys.stdin.readlines >>>> > <built-in method readlines of file object at 0x00B1F020> > > > HTH, > John > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
