Thank you Adrian.  I am switching from MATLAB to Python, so I like Spyder 
more than IPython console.

Srini

On Monday, December 15, 2014 6:44:01 PM UTC-5, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>
> On 12/15/2014 01:47 PM, Srinivasan Rajaraman wrote: 
> > I am in the Python console. 
>
> Aah, I figured it out. Spyder uses the scientific_startup.py script in 
> the console STARTUP script to try to emulate some of the IPython 
> commands. The %clear 'magic' provided does not work the same as the 
> IPython equivalent, so in the Python shell you need to do: 
>
>  >>> s = 'str' 
>  >>> %clear s 
>  >>> s 
> Traceback (most recent call last): 
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> 
> NameError: name 's' is not defined 
>
> clear in this case works on variables versus just clearing the screen as 
> it does in IPython. 
>
> If it where me I would just stick to the IPython console. 
>
> > Srini 
> > 
> > On Monday, December 15, 2014 11:41:12 AM UTC-5, Adrian Klaver wrote: 
> > 
> >     On 12/14/2014 04:41 PM, Srinivasan Rajaraman wrote: 
> >      > Hi, 
> >      > 
> >      > I am new to using Spyder.  I am now using Spyder 2.3.1 version. 
> >       When I 
> >      > type "scientific" in Spyder, it says the following: 
> >      > 
> >      > /*Within Spyder, this interpreter also provides:*/ 
> >      > /*    * special commands (e.g. %ls, %pwd, %clear)*/ 
> >      > /*    * system commands, i.e. all commands starting with '!' are 
> >      > subprocessed*/ 
> >      > /*      (e.g. !dir on Windows or !ls on Linux, and so on)*/ 
> >      > / 
> >      > / 
> >      > However, %clear command does not work correctly.  I get the 
> >     following: 
> >      > 
> >      > /*>>> %clear*/ 
> >      > /*Traceback (most recent call last):*/ 
> >      > /*  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>*/ 
> >      > /*  File 
> >      > 
> >     
> "C:\Users\Sripa\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\widgets\externalshell\sitecustomize.py",
>  
>
> > 
> >      > line 648, in evalsc*/ 
> >      > /*    raise NotImplementedError("Unsupported command: '%s'" % 
> >     command)*/ 
> >      > /*NotImplementedError: Unsupported command: 'clear'*/ 
> >      > / 
> >      > / 
> >      >   Could somebody tell me if my Spyder implementation in 
> >     incorrect?  If 
> >      > not, what is missing? 
> > 
> >     Are you in the Python console or the Ipython console? 
> > 
> >      > 
> >      > Regards, 
> >      > Srini 
> >      > 
> >      > 
> >      > 
> > 
> > 
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