[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > I just downloaded the most recent (2.4.3) Python and IDLE (1.1.3) to > Windows XP Professional. I'm new to the IDLE environment, so hopefully > someone can tell me what I'm missing here! Below is the code, which I'm > editing within IDLE, and attempting to test with the Run commands. > > I was expecting to see at least see the prints to stdout from the if > __name__ ... statement and main() function, but when I use F5 Run > module I don't see any output or errors. Any suggestions? Does IDLE > still need the executable file statement at the top even if I run it > explicity?
I can't tell you about IDLE related stuff (I don't use it myself), but FWIW, you have a problem with main()'s 'arg' param : you use it like this: > parser.parse(args[0]) but pass it like this: > main("\\Iceman\propod\flash\xml\webService\XmlData\Authors\Heidi") The first problem is that: "\\Iceman\propod\flash\xml\webService\XmlData\Authors\Heidi" already raises an exception ('ValueError: invalid \x escape'). The second problem is that somestring[0] returns the first characted of somestring. First correct your code, then see what happens. And eventually, find a better tool than IDLE... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list