How to run scripts from idle

[Shae Erisson]

Tim Gahnström wrote:
> 
> When I start idle and have the window called
> Pyton Shell
> starting with
> >>> I canot load scripts I have created.
> 
> I can type >>>Print "Hi"
> but If I create a file named hi.py containing print "hi"
> 
> And try to run it I just gett the error message
> ---
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in ?
>     test
> NameError: test
> ---
> It seems like idle wont find my scripts but I have tried put them al over
> the computer :-) and the path seems correct.
> 
> Tim Gahnström

You need to 'import hi' to get the file hi.py to run.

if you define a function inside the hi.py file like:

def printhi():
    print 'hi'


then you do this:
>>import hi
>>hi.printhi()
hi
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