i cant seem to save

[Saxycool12345]

as the subject suggests i cant find where to save how do i save my work? im on python 3.6.2 mac
please help me

[micseydel]

You can use any text-based editor (i.e. not one that focuses on fancy formatting). Sublime Text is common, Pycharm is heavy-duty but great (more learning curve though), or you can get IDLE, which a lot of people don't like but I personally still use sometimes.

[Saxycool12345]

You can use any text-based editor (i.e. not one that focuses on fancy formatting). Sublime Text is common, Pycharm is heavy-duty but great (more learning curve though), or you can get IDLE, which a lot of people don't like but I personally still use sometimes.

so do you mean copy and paste the whole script on to note pad or something?

[Larz60+]

Are you just working interactively, or are you using an editor or IDE?
It's important to give as much information up front.
It's very difficult to solve a problem if there are too many unknowns.

[Saxycool12345]

Are you just working interactively, or are you using an editor or IDE?

idle

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Are you just working interactively, or are you using an editor or IDE?
It's important to give as much information up front.
It's very difficult to solve a problem if there are too many unknowns.

wait are u saying there is a python version that lets u save?

[nilamo]

Idle is sort of bad for a lot of reasons.  So instead of copying and pasting from it into a real text editor, just start with a real text editor.  Notepad++ is pretty good, so is Visual Studio Code (which is free), and Atom is also pretty good.

[Larz60+]

PyCharm is excellent.

Idle does have a save method.
click File-->save
or File-->saveAs