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On 04/16/2013 08:14 AM, PEnergy wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I am trying to write a python script that, when called from the DOS
> prompt, will call another python script and pass it input variables.
> My current code will open the other python script but doesn't seem to
> pass it any values:
> 
> import os,sys,subprocess 
> subprocess.Popen(['python.exe','C:\NDEX\GRE2\uip\uip_20.py','t3c*'])

I find it easier just to write my python programs such that they can be
imported into other python scripts.  Usually I use this form:

def func(*whatever):
    pass

if __name__ == "__main__":
  # parse command-line arguments
  # call functions in this module with those args
  func(1,2,3,etc)

This way a script can be run standalone, or I can import it and access
its attributes direction.  I recommend you consider this approach.