QUESTION ABOUT PYTHON

[MAJED ASSAF]

hello There
Please I need help !! I don't know why my command prompt won't change to python even if I set the path it stays like the following
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner> it won't change it stays on the document and settings

[Ben Finney]

Re: QUESTION ABOUT PYTHON

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:57:21 -0600, MAJED ASSAF wrote:[color=blue]
> Please I need help !![/color]

There are several things you can do to improve your chance of getting
good help from this group.

- Set your software to emit "plain text" only; don't post the same
content again with needless HTML formatting.

- Summarise the problem you're actually having and use that as the
Subject line. A post entitled "QUESTION ABOUT PYTHON" is no use;
this is a Python group, we *know* it's going to be about Python.

- Tell us what it is you're actually doing, and what result you're
getting that differs from what you expect.

- Read the guide on how to ask questions the smart way:
<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>

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[Alex Martelli]

Re: QUESTION ABOUT PYTHON

MAJED ASSAF wrote:
[color=blue]
> hello There
> Please I need help !! I don't know why my command prompt won't change to
> python even if I set the path it stays like the following Microsoft
> Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Owner> it won't change it stays on the document
> and settings[/color]

The PATH determines where program are looked for, it does not run
them automatically.

So, at that command prompt, you need to enter the command

python

followed by hitting the Enter key, and THAT will give you a Python
interpreter prompt if you have your PATH set right. Alternatively,

\python23\pytho n

will work no matter how your PATH is set, as long as you have a
standard installation of Python 2.3 (which you should).


Alex

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Re: [OT] QUESTION ABOUT PYTHON

Ben Finney wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:57:21 -0600, MAJED ASSAF wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Please I need help !![/color]
>
>
> There are several things you can do to improve your chance of getting
> good help from this group.
>[/color]

(snip)
[color=blue]
>
> - Summarise the problem you're actually having and use that as the
> Subject line. A post entitled "QUESTION ABOUT PYTHON" is no use;
> this is a Python group, we *know* it's going to be about Python.[/color]

Well... At least, we *hope* ... !-)