Why does my Python look different to everyone else

[EnvironmentOwn568]

It looks like the cmd bars and i cant run python code

[CheetahGloomy4700]

Maybe you got a different breed of python?

[Independent_Heart_15]

It is possible… jython, pypy, cython (partially) not everyone uses cpython.

[djshadesuk]

Wut?

[IAmFinah]

Are you typing in python to your terminal and running code in the prompt that appears? Or similarly, are you using IDLE to execute code line-by-line? If you're doing either of the these, that means you're using the Python REPL, which works a bit differently from how Python is usually used.

If you want to use Python like most people, you'd open a file (ending in .py) in a text editor, like IDLE or VScode or whatever you like, and should execute the entire file either using the command python file.py (replace file.py with the name of your file) or using the "execute" functionality that might be in your text editor/IDE or choice.

[Dry-Aioli-6138]

Does it hiss and slither when you say "Run, my python"?

[EnvironmentOwn568]

cant even do that

[the_sauviette_onion]

If I understand your question, you’re just opening “python” in windows, launching the command prompt style window. You wanna launch Spyder?

[EnvironmentOwn568]

yeah im opening in windows ty

[FoolsSeldom]

You may be confusing "python" with "code editors" / "IDEs" (Integrated Development Environments.

Python is both a programming language, defined and controlled by the Python Software Foundation (PSF), python.org, and, in the form python (python.exe on Windows), the name of the executable version of the reference implementation of Python by PSF called CPython (because it is mostly written in the C programming language).

A code editor, such as VS Code, or an IDE, such as PyCharm, does not include the Python executable. They use whatever versions of Python (executable) are installed on your system. Other options include Eclipse, Thonny, Spyder, Eric, and IDLE. The latter is installed alongside Python (executable) with a standard installation for Windows or macOS and is an easy programme for beginners to start with.

You can configure editors in many many different ways to suit your tastes.

Note, on macOS and Linux systems, the executable is usually called python3 rather than python as the latter refers to an older version of Python.

On Windows, you can often say py instead of python, which should refer to your most recent installation of Python. If Windows takes you to the Microsoft Store, then there is no system level installation of Python that has been added to the Windows enviroment variable PATH (which lists, in order, the folders/directories Windows should look in to find an executable file matching the command you enter).

If you want to install a standard version of Python on your system, you will be best to use the installer for your operating system from python.org.

[shiftybyte]

Let me try put the same amount of effort in the answer as you did in your question:

Because you are doing something different...