Will python output to the windows command prompt?
I find the command prompt very useful for programming. I'd definitely recommend learning how to use it.

Hi,

the command prompt is accessed by going to the run dialog, and executing "cmd"... AKA typing it iin de box and hittin' dat OK button.
Then you're in the console window. At this point, all you do is type commands, the computer does the appropriate action, then returns text for status.
Typing help gives you a list of commands to be used, at least in the windows shell.
Now: To run your python code, you do the following:
- Change to the path of your code
type the drive letter, followed by colon and press enter. This moves you to that drive. Like "c:"
Then, cd to the directory of your script. Like: "cd "documents and settings\brad\my documents\python\codes\" (This is a very long path. I recommend putting it somewhere, like c:\python\codes\, to make it easier to get to. Also, you can have it autocomplete names with tab.)
Once you're there, if the default app to open your code with is the snake, just type it's name and press enter. You'll get notified if anything went wrong.
Please note: if anything was worded wrongly or described wrongly or inappropriately in this post, it's due to my amount of sleepyness. I just felt too helpful to disregard and wait for tomorrow.

Hi,

No problem. Love to help.
I myself probably couldn't help you that much with the snake though, I didn't mess with it enough. Sorry.

Hi,
The snake/ lol....I've never heard that one before...good sudonym.

As far as I know, and be warned that my knowledge of ancient greek mythology is pretty poor, Python was a snake who was supposed to be threatening the city of Delphy (another programming paralel here, lol), killing people, destroying buildings, etc. When, finally, someone was able to defeat him (not sure if it was heracles or another hero or even a god), the city was rebuilt into the famous residence for the oracle, also called Pythia, and many other gods. I believe they even started holding Pythian games there regularly as a memorandum of the victory over Python, and that might be where the idea of Olympic games actually began.
Lukas

Oh, all right then, thanks for the correction. :-) I've certainly heard him described as snake in Czech, and I can't remember him portrayed as a dragon, but who cares, both dragons and snakes should be classified as reptiles. LOL
Lukas

Hi.
What language is the easiest to learn as a totally newbie? BGT? Autoit? or Python?

Hi,
wow! i'm dumb!
lol i didn't even think of that snake refrence.
hmm could be due to the fact that i am lazy lol and it was 1240 or something when i typed the message.
hmm what is simple to learn for beginners in terms  of printing hello world.
ppython is easyest it is just... print ("hello world")
I can't remember what it is in bgt but it is something like...
voidd main()
{
print "hello", "i am a bgt script";
}
someone correct me if you want to. hmm i would have to say for printing python is easyest. as for other things i don't no as i am thinking of letting the programers program because i am rubbish and don't understand it. lol

thanks much for these examples. Well, things are beginning to make sense for me, and I'm beginning to understand when developers says that most programming languages are pretty much like the same when you know the basics. I thought programming languages was much harder to understand, but it doesn't seems to.
For me, it seems as the real difference between programming languages is how you write things in braces, quotes and other kind of characters, and all the basics seems to be the same. Or, am I totally wrong?

Brainfuck? Oh, now you've asked for it!
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So there! Lol I just couldn't resist.
Oh and, if you're trying to debug some python code, just run your program from that command prompt. Once you're in the directory where your py file is, jsut go
python stuff.py
and hit enter. If your program dies, or something else happens, it'll show up in that console.

HTH!
Thanks,
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