Boston Python Workshop 5/Friday/Windows Python scripts
We are going to practice writing and running Python scripts.
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Write and save a short Python script
- Add the following line to your new text file:
print "Hello World!"
- Save the script as
hello.py
in your Desktop directory. The.py
extension indicates that this file contains Python code.
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Run your script
- Open the cmd prompt again
- cd to your desktop
- python hello.py
Success
You created and ran your first Python script!
- When you run the
python
command by itself, you start a Python prompt. You can execute Python code interactively at that prompt. - When you run the
python
command with a file name as an argument, Python executes the Python code in that file.