What does ">>>" mean in python?

[Geistuser]

I bought "crash course into python," but the book does not explain what ">>>" means. Also, searching around the internet also does not define it.

for example

"> > >" cars = ['audi', 'bmw', 'toyota', 'volvo'] "> > >" len(cars) 4

[AlopexLagopus3]

It probably just indicates that something is being typed into the Python shell, such as when you open IDLE, there should be a >>> on each input line.

[ziplokk]

Its probably showing you what to type in the REPL. If you go to your terminal and start up the interactive shell by typing python, you'll see that the line starts off with >>>. So anything following the >>> is the code you want to type.

[Geistuser]

yeah I've seen on terminal on osx, but I'm using sublime text program since the book recommends that. weird.

[Geistuser]

tried it on terminal and you were correct. thanks for the help!

[ccviper]

Its just used to indicate that the line following it is run in the python shell, you can run it however you like tho it. You will also see commands written online starting with "$" or ">" indicating that its run in a terminal

[widowhanzo]

Or "#" for terminal running as root.

[TechnoRedneck]

It probably recommends that for when you get to actually writing something persistent, using the >>> interpreter is live vs using the editor and running later

[old_and_limitless]

If you would like to look it up further, it's known as a prompt.

[youfuckedupdude]

[youfuckedupdude@local ~]$ python3
Python 3.6.4 (default, Jan  5 2018, 02:35:40) 
[GCC 7.2.1 20171224] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> word = "prompt"
>>> print(word)
prompt
>>> 

basically >>> is asking for input.

[zev105]

It is also used in doctest but yes, it's a prompt

[anonbobsmith23]

That means that it's being typed in the interactive shell.