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Line 401: <ol> <li>Download the file http://mit.edu/jesstess/www/~~BostonPythonWorkshop6~~HaitiPythonWorkshop/nobel.py by right-clicking on it and saying to save it as a ".py" file to your Desktop. The ".py" extension hints that this is a Python script.</li> <li>Open a command prompt, and use the navigation commands (<code>dir</code> and <code>cd</code> on Windows, <code>ls</code>, <code>pwd</code>, and <code>cd</code> on OS X and Linux) to navigate to your home directory. See [[~~Boston~~Haiti Python Workshop 6/Friday#Goal_.234:_practice_navigating_the_computer_from_a_command_prompt\|navigating from a command prompt]] for a refresher on those commands.</li> <li>Once you are in your home directory, execute the contents of <code>nobel.py</code> by typing Line 413: <code>nobel.py</code> introduces two new concepts: comments and multiline strings.</li> <li>Open <code>nobel.py</code> in your text editor (see [[~~Boston~~Haiti Python Workshop 6/Friday#Goal_.232:_prepare_a_text_editor\|preparing your text editor]] for a refresher on starting the editor).</li> <li>Read through the file in your text editor carefully and check your understanding of both the comments and the code.</li> </ol>