Anyone get python on win98??

[Peter Hansen]

shaka wrote:
> 
> Ok, I need some help here.  I just download python on my computer.
> I installed it to     C:\programming\python20
> 
> I know how to use the interactive mode.  And when write a script I usually
> run it from the editor(idle) by clicking on "run script".
> 
> But when I try to run the script using the interpreter, it doesn't work.
> What I do is to type the name of the script.py in the interactive mode. It
> always give me an error message like:
>                         Traceback (most recent call last):
>                           File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>                         NameError: There is no variable named 'hello'
> 
> Is the interpreter suppose to be in interactive mode everytime?

Sounds like you are trying to do the following in the interpreter:

c:\programming\python20>python
Python 2.0 (#8, Oct 16 2000, 17:27:58) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> hello
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: There is no variable named 'hello'
>>>

This is because you do _not_ execute scripts in the interpreter
that way.  The other responses point out how you can run the 
script directly from the MS-DOS command prompt, with just
'python hello.py', but this doesn't work when you are in
the interactive mode.

Instead, you could do the following:

>>> import hello
Hello, world
>>>

This is not exactly the same as doing it from the command
prompt, however, and until you understand the differences
you might want to stick with the other method.

> If you have no idea of what I am talking about, can you just describe me how
> you usually run your script.

I just use the command prompt and 'python hello.py' as
the tutorial probably shows.