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Built in Functions not working - mhoneycutt83 - Jul-27-2017
Basic built in functions like len(),str(),int() and float() do not work in a text.py file but do in IDLE. Does anyone know why and how to fix this. I'm kind of stuck on this until I can move on to the next task.
len("python")
str(100)
int("1")
float(100)
int("110")
int(20.54)
float("16.4")
float(99)
Results in IDLE:
Python 3.6.2 (v3.6.2:5fd33b5, Jul 8 2017, 04:57:36) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>>
RESTART: C:\Users\mhoneycutt.EMSTEC\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\test1.py
>>>
RE: Built in Functions not working - sparkz_alot - Jul-27-2017
Please be more descriptive of the problem.
If what you posted is the contents of text.py, you aren't printing anything. You would need something like
print(int("1"))as an entry
RE: Built in Functions not working - DeaD_EyE - Jul-27-2017
There is a difference between typing code in the interactive repl (IDLE) or executing a script.
The abbreviation repl stands for Read-Evaluate-Print-Loop.
When entering the code into IDLE, you get always the last Output and additional output which is printed via the print function to stdout.
Executing a Python program does it not. There you have explicit to print the output. Your assumption that a script does the same, is not logical. If a program does this, it's very verbose and useless at the end.
RE: Built in Functions not working - mhoneycutt83 - Jul-27-2017
That makes complete sense. I can't believe I didn't realize this. Thanks for the reply.
RE: Built in Functions not working - DeaD_EyE - Jul-28-2017
No problem. Beginners can run into it. Sometimes we forget how it was as we started with programming.