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'Hello, World!' Problem - Urgent - OmarSinno - Sep-06-2017

Hello, I'm new to programming and you probably already realized that I'm a noob after reading the title of this thread.
Anyway, I use the atom editor, and as interpreter I want to use PowerShell.
I have changed the directory path to where my hello.py file is located, and yet when I write 'python 3 hello.py' 'hello.py' or even 'python3' it either says the file doesnt exist, or forces me to open the python cmd instead of actually running the program!

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Thank you in advance!
Big Grin

RE: 'Hello, World!' Problem - Urgent - cygnus_X1 - Sep-06-2017

As youre running under windows the command will probably be:

python3.exe hello.py

I cant verify this as I'm running linux.
The answer is in the python doc:

https://docs.python.org/3.3/using/windows.html

You need to install the python installer for windows.

RE: 'Hello, World!' Problem - Urgent - OmarSinno - Sep-06-2017

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Still not working

RE: 'Hello, World!' Problem - Urgent - ichabod801 - Sep-06-2017

If you change the extension to .pyw, you can double click on it and it will run.

RE: 'Hello, World!' Problem - Urgent - OmarSinno - Sep-06-2017

(Sep-06-2017, 08:52 PM)ichabod801 Wrote: If you change the extension to .pyw, you can double click on it and it will run.

Same shit, different extension lol.

RE: 'Hello, World!' Problem - Urgent - sparkz_alot - Sep-06-2017

Presuming you have installed Python correctly, you should know that Python uses the command terminal by default, not PowerShell. If you file is something like:
print("hello world")
When you type "hello.py" in PowerShell, Python will open a command terminal window, print "hello world" then close the window. This happens faster than the human eye can register, so you should run it from a command terminal rather than PowerShell.

As to the problem you refer to, sounds as if the Environmental Variables may not be set. You can verify this by typing in a command terminal (not PowerShell) C:\> PATH , you should see the following entries:

Output:
C:\>PATH
PATH=C:\Python36\Scripts\;C:\Python36\;
If they do not exist, you have to add them. If they do exist, try typing "python" (in either command terminal or PowerShell), you should see similar:
Output:
C:\>python
Python 3.6.2 (v3.6.2:5fd33b5, Jul  8 2017, 04:57:36) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
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RE: 'Hello, World!' Problem - Urgent - snippsat - Sep-06-2017

You could also look at this Python 3.6 and pip installation under Windows.
It's important to know that for new installer 3.6 there is a Add Python 3.6 to Path .

If not Add to Path is marked,you have to deal with it yourself as @sparkz_alot posted.
C:\Python36\Scripts\;C:\Python36\; to Environmental Variables Path.

RE: 'Hello, World!' Problem - Urgent - OmarSinno - Sep-07-2017

(Sep-06-2017, 10:23 PM)snippsat Wrote: You could also look at this Python 3.6 and pip installation under Windows.
It's important to know that for new installer 3.6 there is a Add Python 3.6 to Path .

If not Add to Path is marked,you have to deal with it yourself as @sparkz_alot posted.
C:\Python36\Scripts\;C:\Python36\; to Environmental Variables Path.

Thank you I just tested it in the lab and it worked.
I will go home now and repeat all the work I've done! Dance