2 things regarding interactive interpreter

[Andu]

First off, i apologize for the badly named thread... I tried to edit the name, but for some reason the new name won't update...


Ok, so i'm new to python.. but i've undertaken a project in python, and i have to see it through...

So far i'm having two persistant problems...

1. If i have a python script, called for example prog.py, if i try running it in the terminal, or in DOS as 'python prog.py' it runs perfectly (well, in most cases). However if i run 'prog.py' in a python shell, i get the following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interacti ve input>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'prog' is not defined

My code is

#!C:/Python25
#Filename prog.py

fileobj=open('C :/Python25/user progs/testtext.txt',' r')
fileobj.read()



2. Regarding the fileobj.read()
If i type the two commands
ie: fileobj=open('C :/Python25/user progs/testtext.txt',' r')
fileobj.read()
separately in the shell, i get the expected output. However, when i run the script in the command terminal, (as above: 'python prog.py' ) it does not give me any errors, however it does not display the contents of the file....



Can anyone lead me in the right direction please?

[ilikepython]

Ok, so i'm new to python.. but i've undertaken a project in python, and i have to see it through...

So far i'm having two persistant problems...

1. If i have a python script, called for example prog.py, if i try running it in the terminal, or in DOS as 'python prog.py' it runs perfectly (well, in most cases). However if i run 'prog.py' in a python shell, i get the following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interacti ve input>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'prog' is not defined

My code is

#!C:/Python25
#Filename prog.py

fileobj=open('C :/Python25/user progs/testtext.txt',' r')
fileobj.read()



2. Regarding the fileobj.read()
If i type the two commands
ie: fileobj=open('C :/Python25/user progs/testtext.txt',' r')
fileobj.read()
separately in the shell, i get the expected output. However, when i run the script in the command terminal, (as above: 'python prog.py' ) it does not give me any errors, however it does not display the contents of the file....



Can anyone lead me in the right direction please?

The reason it is not printing the contents of the file is because you didn't specifically said "print". In the interactive prompt "print" is not necessary but if you want to print something when running from a file you have to specificley
write "print" like:

print fileobj.read()

or

text = fileobj.read()
print text

Does that help?

[Andu]

Yes, thanks that solved one problem

ok, i understood why it will not work in the shell...

it's like typing '8+7' in the shell working as opposed to the command terminal....

Thanks :)

[bartonc]

First off, i apologize for the badly named thread... I tried to edit the name, but for some reason the new name won't update...

No problem, I take care of these things.
BTW, welcome to the Python Forum on TheScripts.com.

Ok, so i'm new to python.. but i've undertaken a project in python, and i have to see it through...

So far i'm having two persistant problems...

1. If i have a python script, called for example prog.py, if i try running it in the terminal, or in DOS as 'python prog.py' it runs perfectly (well, in most cases). However if i run 'prog.py' in a python shell, i get the following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interacti ve input>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'prog' is not defined

My code is

#!C:/Python25
#Filename prog.py

fileobj=open('C:/Python25/user progs/testtext.txt','r')
fileobj.read()

Here, I've changed INDENT tags to CODE tags.
To run a script form the Python shell:

import prog

Leave off the '.py'
See this thread regarding the search path for imports.

2. Regarding the fileobj.read()
If i type the two commands
ie: fileobj=open('C :/Python25/user progs/testtext.txt',' r')
fileobj.read()
separately in the shell, i get the expected output. However, when i run the script in the command terminal, (as above: 'python prog.py' ) it does not give me any errors, however it does not display the contents of the file....

Can anyone lead me in the right direction please?

Look's like you got this one...

[Andu]

Ah, ok, I tired it that way and it worked.
Thanks loads for your help :)