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Why can I not see the code correctly in Python IDLE.? - Trump - Mar-10-2024
I am using Python IDLE 2.7.18.4 on Windows 10. I copied a code from a pdf in my editor and made it as comments. The code look like this in my editor:
but when I past the code here (in this forum), I see it correctly as I see some parts of the code are not as comments and thus I got an error:
##import arcpy ##infc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) ## outfc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1) ## arcpy.Copy_management(infc, outfc)and I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:/ArcPy_Ex/test.py", line 5, in <module>
outfc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
NameError: name 'arcpy' is not defined
I wonder How I can see the code correctly in the Python IDLE editor?
RE: how to fix an error in comments? - deanhystad - Mar-11-2024
You are getting an error because of line 4, not because of anything in the comments. If you want to do this:
outfc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)You need to first do this:
import arcpyYou should not use Python 2.7, use a current version of python.
RE: how to fix an error in comments? - Trump - Mar-11-2024
I posted something here but i want to delete it. Can I delete a post here?how?
RE: how to fix an error in comments? - deanhystad - Mar-11-2024
# is the start of a line comment in Python. Everything following # in the line is a comment. Don't depend on syntax highlighting.
The error message told you where the error happened.
Error:Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:/ArcPy_Ex/test.py", line 5, in <module>
outfc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
NameError: name 'arcpy' is not definedoutfc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
RE: how to fix an error in comments? - Trump - Mar-11-2024
(Mar-11-2024, 12:21 AM)deanhystad Wrote: # is the start of a line comment in Python. Everything following # in the line is a comment. Don't depend on syntax highlighting.
The error message told you where the error happened.
Note the lack of a comment character inoutfc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
Thanks for the reply. As I posted later (the image I posted, can it be seen? ), it is seen differently and I woder, now, how I can see the code in the Python IDLE like it is seen here?
RE: Why can I not see the code correctly in Python IDLE.? - deanhystad - Mar-11-2024
Access denied on viewing the image.
RE: Why can I not see the code correctly in Python IDLE.? - Trump - Mar-14-2024
(Mar-11-2024, 05:16 AM)deanhystad Wrote: Access denied on viewing the image.
Sorry about it. This should work, hopefully:
RE: Why can I not see the code correctly in Python IDLE.? - deanhystad - Mar-14-2024
How do you run your program?
I don't know if the img tags work. Look here for instructions on how to attach a file.
https://python-forum.io/misc.php?action=help&hid=35&highlight=image
RE: Why can I not see the code correctly in Python IDLE.? - jonesphedra - Apr-04-2024
(Mar-11-2024, 12:21 AM)deanhystad Wrote: # is the start of a line comment in Python. Everything following # in the line is a comment. Don't depend on syntax highlighting.
The error message told you where the error happened.
Note the lack of a comment character inoutfc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
That right. To resolve this problem and see the code correctly in the Python IDLE editor, you need to ensure that the comments are properly formatted with a single '#' symbol at the beginning of each comment line.
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