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On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:57:14 -0400, Frank Scafidi wrote:

> I just acquired a Raspberry Pi and want to program in Python. I was a
> PL/1 programmer back in the 60's & 70's and Python is similar. I am
> struggling with some very fundamental things that I am not finding in
> the documentation. Can someone help me with the basics like how do I
> save a program I've written, reload it in Python, list the program once
> it's loaded? How do I edit a program? Are these command line functions?
> 
> Thanks Frank <div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"
> style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#3366ff">I just
> acquired a Raspberry Pi and want to program in Python. I was a PL/1
> programmer back in the 60&#39;s &amp; 70&#39;s and Python is similar. I
> am struggling with some very fundamental things that I am not finding in
> the documentation. Can someone help me with the basics like how do I
> save a program I&#39;ve written, reload it in Python, list the program
> once it&#39;s loaded? How do I edit a program? Are these command line
> functions? </div>
> <div class="gmail_default"
> style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#3366ff"><br></
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> class="gmail_default"
> style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#3366ff">Thanks</
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> style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#3366ff">
> Frank</div><div class="gmail_default"
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I am not in the same league as many of the posters here when it comes to 
Python but fortunately i do have two Raspberry Pi's :-)

if you are running the Pi connected to a TV/Monitor with the Gui enabled 
then you should have access to Idle as well as a number of text editors 
(Geany works well if installed)

if you are using it from the commands line then as previously stated you 
need to use a text editor to write the code (Nano is part of the basic 
Raspian Distro and easier to use than VI/Vim)

once you have created your code file type python <file Name> at the 
command prompt

remember if you are connecting to the Pi remotely Via SSH it is useful to 
have multiple connections open, one for the text editor & 1 to enable you 
to run the code or execute other Linux commands.

If you have any more questions post them back &I hope I can help
(Maybe I can become useful to this group as the R-Pi expert, hopefully 
more productively than some of the groups other 'Experts')



-- 
Expect the worst, it's the least you can do.

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newbee Frank Scafidi <fpscafidi@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 19:57 -0400
  Re: newbee alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-08-13 11:55 +0000
    Re: newbee Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2014-08-13 15:13 +0200
      Re: newbee alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-08-13 13:57 +0000
        Re: newbee William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2014-08-13 11:44 -0400
    Re: newbee Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-08-13 15:31 -0400
      Re: newbee alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-08-14 11:59 +0000
    Re: newbee Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-08-14 08:42 +0200
  Re: newbee Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-13 19:00 -0700

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