> I use exec to jump to another program within the > same directory, such as: > > execfile("BloodPressure02Sorting.py") > > and let the program terminate there. Should I do > it differently or are you talking about a different > horse?
This is related. Rather than use execfile, you may want to consider looking into "modules". https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html By using the module system, you can call the functions of other files. We might think of one of the functions in a file as the main program, in which case you should be able to arrange a module approach that effectively does what you're doing with execfile. Using the module system is often nicer because the functions of another module are still just regular functions: it's easy to pass along Python values as arguments to tell the next process some contextual information. We can contrast this with an execfile approach, where there's not such a nice way of passing on that context to the other program. The module approach also can "fail faster", in the case that when we want to use a module, we "import" it at the head of our main program. So if we got the file name wrong, we get fairly immediate feedback about our mistake. In contrast, the execfile approach defers from touching the secondary program until we're at the point of the execfile call itself. So if we got the filename wrong, we don't see the error as quickly. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor