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Open file - Alex - Mar-24-2017

Hi. I am trying to open a file in Python IDLE but nothing happends besides theese signs and letters appearing:

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Does somone know why this is happening? 
Kind regards,
 Alex

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RE: Open file - Larz60+ - Mar-24-2017

Posting a big slab of bytecode isn't going to get you anywhere.

Post:
  • Your code
  • Your error traceback verbatim, complete!
  • Where you think the problem may lie (if you have a clue)


RE: Open file - wavic - Mar-24-2017

Is the file extension .pyc ? If it is, this is compiled python source code. You need file with .py at the end

RE: Open file - Alex - Mar-25-2017

Sorry, I did not know how else to formulate the question as I have noe clue whatsoever why the bytecode is appearing. Yes, the file ends with .py

RE: Open file - Larz60+ - Mar-25-2017

This file is compiled python. The original extension was .pyc and was copied to a .py or the extension changed.
You need to find the original .py file to run the code.
If you can't find the original python code, you can try to decompile with https://pypi.python.org/pypi/uncompyle6