Phil Winder <philipwin...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi, > I'm having a go at using ipython as a command prompt for data > analysis. Coming from Matlab, I'm used to typing multiple commands on > the same line then using the up arrow to go through my history. > How can I write multiple python commands on the same line? > E.g. "x = 0; while x < 10: x = x + 1;" returns an "invalid syntax" > error on the 'e' in while. > > Also, how can I produce a new line, without it running the command? I > would have expected a ctrl-enter or shift-enter to produce the > expected results. > E.g. I want: > "x = 0; <ctrl-enter> > while x < 10: <ctrl-enter> > x = x + 1; <ctrl-enter> > " <enter to run> > It seems to work automatically for the "while xxx:", but combinations > of keys+enter do not work for "normal" lines. > > Cheers, > Phil
Well when you do something like while x < 10: it doesn't execute anything, but goes to newline and waits for the rest. for x = 10 what's the difference for you if it gets evaluated before or after? Anyway you can you also %cpaste if you want to write more code Anyway to me this works perfectly: In [1]: x = 0 In [2]: while x < 10: print x; x += 1 ...: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
