On 04/02/2016 13:09, Tim Golden wrote: > On 04/02/2016 12:52, Yossifoff Yossif wrote: >> Hallow, >> I try to open a .py file (attached), but what I get is a windows DOS window >> opening and closing in a couple of seconds. Ran repair of the program, >> nothing happened. >> I cannot see error messages and don't know where to look for ones. >> Would appreciate your piece of advice. > > Attachments won't make it through to the list, Yossif. But your code is > basically something like this: > > """ > import sys > > def main(): > # calculate stuff > print(stuff) > > if __name__ == '__main__': > sys.exit(main()) > """ > > In that case, the program starts (in a console window), runs, prints the > result, and then closes. You've got a few simple ways of seeing the output:
... or run within a development environment. Python itself ships with IDLE: https://docs.python.org/3/library/idle.html but there are plenty of others: https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments TJG -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list