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Python Functions, Packing, and Unpacking Introduction to Functions Let's Talk About Scope

Cameron Ganley
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What is the difference between using "python" and "python3" when running your script in the terminal?

Both of these options return the same thing in the terminal.

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Uhunoma Osula
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Uhunoma Osula
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In a typical installation, "python" is a command alias for "python3" so they do exactly the same thing.

The numbered versions are primarily for when someone has other versions installed. Version 3 is the current one and the only version used by the courses you will find here.

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also, some Unicode emojis seem to have issues in the older versions of Python.