john polo wrote, on March 25, 2017 2:45 PM > > I had a misconception of how the Python interpreter works. If > I have a > script, call it example.py, in order to run it, I shouldn't be in the > interpreter? In other words, I should be at the Windows > command prompt, > for example > > C:/test> python example.py > > and not > > >>> python example.py > > ? > > So, if I am already on >>> and have a problem with a script > and need to > edit it and want to run the script again, how do I do that? Do I exit > the interpreter and start it again? Or is there a different > way to run > the script once the interpreter is active and I am at >>> ? > > Cheers, > John
In IDLE, to run a script, open the .py file from the file menu and click Run Module from the Run menu. You can easily edit the .py file while it's open in the editor -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
