IDLE vs Command Line

[Mark Hadfield]

Jesse B. wrote:
> I like to work with xemacs, so I've been coding modules with xemacs and
> running them using the dos prompt (using windows port of xemacs). Some
> scripts that work fine with IDLE don't work at the dos prompt. For example:
> 
> import random
> 
> for i in range(10):
>     x = random.random()
>     print x
> 
> This simple script doesn't work if  I use the command prompt, with this
> syntax: python random.py
> 
> I am just wondering why that is.

Because you have given the script the same name as the module you're 
importing, so the script tries to import itself?


-- 
Mark Hadfield            "Ka puwaha te tai nei, Hoea tatou"
m.hadfield at niwa.co.nz
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)

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