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<li>Start up a Terminal. You can find the Terminal application through Spotlight, or navigate to Applications/Utilities/Terminal |
<li>Start up a Terminal. You can find the Terminal application through Spotlight, or navigate to Applications/Utilities/Terminal. |
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The terminal contains something called a command prompt. This command prompt is another way of navigating your computer and running programs -- just textually instead of graphically. We are going to be running Python and Python scripts from this command prompt. |
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<li>Test your Python install at the command prompt. Type |
<li>Test your Python install at the command prompt. Type |
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python |
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and hit enter. You should see something like |
and hit enter. You should see something like |
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>>> |
>>> |
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You just started Python! The <code>>>></code> indicates that you are at a new type of prompt -- a Python prompt. The command prompt let's you navigate your computer and run programs, and the Python prompt lets you write and run Python code interactively. |
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<li>To exit the Python prompt, type |
<li>To exit the Python prompt, type |
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exit() |
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and press Enter. This will take you back to the |
and press Enter. This will take you back to the OS X command prompt.</li> |
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