Dan, This question probably belongs on the ipython list. I've cc'd this there.
http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/ipython-dev On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Dan Drake <dr...@kaist.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm interested in doing a bunch of timing, so I'd like to put %time or > %timeit statements inside a loop. But there's a problem: if I type out > something like > > sage: for n in [1..5]: > ....: print 'n is %d' % n > ....: %time N(pi**n) > ....: > > I get the expected output, but if I want to change something -- say, pi > to sqrt(2), if I hit the up arrow twice and edit the lines, I get this: > > sage: for n in [1..5]: > print 'n is %d' % n > %time N(sqrt(2)**n) > ------------------------------------------------------------ > File "<ipython console>", line 3 > %time N(sqrt(2)**n) > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > I know the % functions are special IPython things, but why do they work > when I type things in manually, but not when I hit the arrows to go > back? > > Dan > > -- > --- Dan Drake <dr...@kaist.edu> > ----- KAIST Department of Mathematical Sciences > ------- http://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr/~drake > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAknAcJgACgkQr4V8SljC5LqonQCg1VBr6J5Cx4idxz7zTlz+HzpX > fycAoLLzm4KhO4Fxe+2JSUnBoxBR/BMc > =jqhV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
