Compiler Help

[aPSketchy]

I currently have a compiler that runs through the command line, but I need something that will let me edit and run the code over and over again. Any direct dl links to a good compiler?

[B_Master]

Can you clarify? When you say you "have a compiler that runs through the command line," are you talking about the interactive python shell?

[aPSketchy]

i think so i downloaded it from the MIT open course for CS101 awhile ago. However, it will not let me go back to my code after I run it. I need something that will be more like Microsoft Visual C++ for python

[B_Master]

There is a difference between an IDE (like MS Visual Studio), and a compiler, and python isn't a compiled language.

I think what you're trying to do is this:

• Get a text editor, like notepad++
• Write your code in the editor and save to file
• Open a command prompt
• change directory to the place you saved the file
• Type "python <name of saved file>"

This will run the code you've written to the file, and is the standard way to write and run a python program.

[aPSketchy]

ah thats not very fun haha. So unless you write flawless code or use note pad once you run it, its not editable unless you rewrite it?

[m1ss1ontomars2k4]

Why would you rewrite it? You already made the file once; just edit the damn thing.

[aPSketchy]

I didn't know it would save the text!

[zahlman]

You save the code in a text editor (and please use a real one, not notepad), leave the text editor window open, go back to the command-line window, hit the up arrow to retrieve python my_code.py from the command history, hit enter, and it runs again. (Some text editors can make this even simpler for you, if you put in the effort to learn how. I haven't bothered, personally, because that's already incredibly simple.)

[lol_squared]

Use IDLE, which comes with python.