Aw: Re: Re: Re: stuck on time

[RobH]

On 08/12/2019 13:06, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
>>>> In an interactive interpreter:
>>>>
>>>> def print_time():
>>>> 	  current_time = time.strftime("%I:%M")
>>>
>>> What happens if you then do
>>>
>>> print_time()
>>>
>>
>> print_time()
>> on it's own returns NameError: name 'print_time' is not defined
> 
> Notice the "then" above ?
> 
> More precisely: directly one after the other without leaving the interpreter ...
> 
> Karsten
> 
I'm not sure what you mean.

Like this?
 >>>print_time()
Traceback (most recent call last)
File "stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "stdin>", line 2, in print_time
File "stdin>", line 2, in print_time
File "stdin>", line 2, in print_time
[Previous line  repeated 996 more times]
RecursionError: maximum recursion depth excedded.

Running the code in a shell , it is displaying the time and now also the 
date .
Nothing else tho', as in no rectangle drawn