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Python Object-Oriented Python Advanced Objects Emulating Built-ins

Posted by Patrick Brusven
Patrick Brusven
14,520 Points

Can someone explain "cd rpg" at 2:10 in this video, also expand on interactive mode vs importing in the console?

I realize this establishes where the Inventory and Item are being imported from, but not sure if this was covered more in-depth in a previous video? Is there a reason Kenneth is importing directly in the console opposed to importing into another file like he did for play.py? Also, is there a difference between say importing in the console vs interactive mode like 'python -I play.py' in the console?

1 Answer

Carter Pringle
Carter Pringle
3,416 Points

By default you're in the workspaces /workspace folder, cd let's you set a new default. He sets it to rpg (so it's workspace/rpg). Otherwise to run scripts (interactive or not) you'd have to type :python rpg/xyzname.py

Rather than

python xyzname.py

The -i is to run it as interactive, I believe Craig Dennis explains that it in earlier course

Basically cd is to save the extra keystrokes, but theoretically if you were working on a project with a deep file structure you'd want to have your console running in the directory where you're testing out these classes/scripts/files

Not sure if I explained that well or not but I tried lol