[SOLVED] how to return a line in python interp

[SonnHalter]

i want to move down a line. but it just runs the code when i hit enter. helP?

[nvteighen]

i want to move down a line. but it just runs the code when i hit enter. helP?

Well, the idea of an interpreter is that you get an immediate result of the command you entered... In the days of QBASIC, the interpreter was called the "Immediate" window for that reason...

You have two possiblities: either create a function and execute it or create a .py file with the code you want.

[iQuizzle]

use teh backslash!

print 'use teh \
backslash!'

[SonnHalter]

Well, the idea of an interpreter is that you get an immediate result of the command you entered... In the days of QBASIC, the interpreter was called the "Immediate" window for that reason...

You have two possiblities: either create a function and execute it or create a .py file with the code you want.

w8, so what would i use if i wanted to write a multi-line code?

[nvteighen]

In the interpreter:


ugi@UGI:~$ python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Nov 14 2008, 19:46:32)
[GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> def multiline(arg):
... myvar = arg * 2
...
... if myvar == 10:
... print "AAA!"
... else:
... print "BBB!"
...
>>> multiline(15)
BBB!
>>> multiline(5)
AAA!
>>>


def introduces functions in Python. But anyway, the interpreter is meant for playing with the language or testing small pieces of code, never for development. For that, you write files and then run them using python <filename> at the terminal.

[SonnHalter]

so to write a python file would i just write in the text editor and then save as py?

[nvteighen]

so to write a python file would i just write in the text editor and then save as py?
Exactly :)