> Alan, I am a bit lost when you wrote: > " > Read a lot and experiment a lot. Thats where Pythons >>> prompt really > helps. You can build quite sophisticated programs very quickly
> by the way Windows XP and the Python v2.4). Do you mean writing from the > Command Line windows instead to use the IDLE one? No, I mean any >>> prompt whether in IDLE or the command line. The point is, you can experiment at the >>> prompt before typing the code into a file. Calling a function lots of times with different values for example is a great way to learn how to use it, and much faster than writing a full program, saving it, then running it and then changing it, and repeating. Just type the command in at the >>> prompt and hit Enter. Then hit up arrow or CTRL P to bring the line back, change the values and hit Enter again... Once you've got it just how you want it, type the line into a real program. That's still how I get to grips with any new modules that I haven't used before. HTH, Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
