Episode 1: Using the Python Interpreter

[FragZz]

Great for one liners.. :')

[basmithtx]

Ah, not being a Linux user I wondered what the #! line I sometimes saw was about. Thanks for clearing that up. :)

[cadenme]

Quick question but wth is this even used for?

[fremefreak]

how do you change the input name from NameError to something else?

[TheGibberishGlitcher]

how to you download the pdb module on ubuntu?

because when I type python -m pdb foo.py it says foo.py does not exist

BTW sorry for being a noob :(

[ryanmshea]

@TheGibberishGlitcher pdb is in the standard library as far as I know. Does foo.py exist? If you call a module that does not exist it should look more like this...

[ryan@python]~$ python -m fart

/usr/bin/python: No module named fart

[ryanmshea]

humoreffect, I don't have Windows around but I'm sure you'll figure it out.

[ryanmshea]

humoreffect, I don't have Windows around but I'm sure you'll figure it out.

[humoreffect]

I'm using python 3.2 on windows XP and none of the commands word for me, they all return a syntax error. For instance, when I try: python -c 'print "hello world"'

it highlights the last apostrophe and says syntax error. I'm sure I'm making some stupid mistake, any thoughts?

[Sanakreon]

@humoreffect You get syntax error because your python version is different from what he is using. Try using python 2.7.1

[ryanmshea]

Python is cross platform. This is based on the official Python tutorial, so these will be useful if you're on Windows, Android, BeOS, QNX, IRIX (I wonder if there is a Python for IRIX).

[kahlaflowerear24]

this is only for python on unix?

[SunSolaris2008]

very good lessons.

I will watch all he series.

Thank you