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Python Python Basics (2015) Python for Beginners Third Quiz

Richard Rodenberger
Richard Rodenberger
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Posted by Richard Rodenberger
Richard Rodenberger
179 Points

how do I run a script?

how do I run a script hello_world.py? It is a quiz question.

3 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

I recommend watching the previous video again :wink:

Kenneth runs his program hello_world.py like this:

python hello_world.py

I hope this helps! :grin:

Happy coding! :zap: ~Alex

Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
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Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
9,864 Points

Hi there!

Your computer by itself can't run a python file - it's just a text document basically. You computer needs something to read it and turn it into intructions the computer can understand. That's what the python interpreter does. So to run the file, you would type python my_file.py The python part tells the computer to go and open python, and the second part tells it to give python the file you want to run.

Hope it helps!

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

:+1: :wink: