Keeping Window Open :\
 

K, I'm a complete noob when it comes to python. I have no experience in it what-so-ever. So you might be getting a lot of these posts from me... little lame things...

Now, how do you keep a python window open? When I do the print command, it doesn't stay open. Noobular, I know... but still. How?

If python compilers are anything like c++, your program will execute then as soon as it's done, close. You can just ask for user input at the very end of your program, then it won't close.

If this isn't the problem you're having, my bad.

Assuming you're using windows, your python scripts are probably set up to run using <pythonw.exe>. If you run using <python.exe> instead, the window will need to be manually closed. Alternatively, run your script through IDLE or another IDE. Alternatively, make sure the last thing you do is raw_input("[MORE]").

-T.

Without the last line shown
your program will close quickly even when you use python.exe (eg. double click on the filename.py in Windows XP)!
IDEs have their own output window and keep showing the result.

You're quite right. <boggle> I'm sure there was something that left CMD windows behind that needed to be manually closed, though - ??maybe in Win98?? - everything I've done in the last X years has been either through IDLE or pythonw.exe.

-T.