Using Python on Willow

Python Information

Usage

Python can be run in either interactive or interpreted mode. In interactive mode, the user types code directly into the python interface, and the python interpreter immediately executes the user's code at the end of each line or block entered. In interpreted mode, the user first creates a program in a text editor, and then feeds the entire program into the python interpreter, at which time it is executed as a whole.

To invoke the interactive mode, type:
       /usr/local/python2.2/bin/python

To interpret a previously written program, type:
       /usr/local/python2.2/bin/python my_program.py

Simple Example

This is a complete python program that will first add 2 + 2, print the result, and then print the numbers 0 to 9 on a single line:

#pythontest.py # add 2 + 2 print "2 + 2 = ", 2 + 2 # print just an empty line print # display numbers 0 to 9 for number in range(10): print number,

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