>> I have v2.5.2 installed and i've composed >> a source code i'm sure everybody will be >> impressed by. It goes like this. >> >> def bloppA (): >> print "a very advanced piece of code" >> >> What i get to work is to make it run from >> the the snakes shell. Then, i realised >> that such a masterpiece needs storing in >> a file. So i saved it in a file called >> great.py but when i executed: > > python great.py > from the system prompt (cmd). > Or, if you are using IDLE ... > File -> Open, open your saved file, and use > the Run menu (or press F5).
There will be poking around with %PATH%, i can tell. Never liked to do that under Windows. > Beware of \ as it's the escape character, so > you have to use "c:\\loj\\python\\great.py" > or r"c:\loj\python\great.py"... I've tried to add the extra backslashes (or "r" attribute) but i still get the same error at the colon. Should i understand that i made two mistakes (the first being not using double "\" and the second calling exec alltogether)? > http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide - > have you worked out the Tutorial? Not yet. I started off using some small things. I tend to learn by doing. Or rather making. A lot of errors, that is. :) >> (Background: I'm a programmer since a few >> years back but it's mostly Java/C/C++/C# >> and Python way is very new to me.) > > You may benefit from the Dive into Python > http://www.diveintopython.org I'll do that. Thank you. -- Regards Konrad Viltersten -------------------------------- sleep - a substitute for coffee for the poor ambition - lack of sense to be lazy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
