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Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 PointsWorkspaces and Forum - I am new and having trouble with these features
I am new and in the beginner Python course, and am having 2 problems.
1) I ran into a problem with one of the challenge assignments. So I set up a Workspace to test my code with print statements there, and cannot get it to execute. I put my code in a file called test.py. When I run test.py, I do not get anything printed out, despite the fact that my code in test.py contains print statements.
2) Then I went to the Forum, to get help there, and find that my code disappears when I return to my assignment. Is there a way to retain my code?
Any advice would be appreciated!
2 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsHi Elizabeth,
When running in a workspace, are you doing the folowing:
- placing your code in a file, such as
test.py, - saving the file in the workspace,
- in console window below the file editor, typing
python test.py
If your print statement is within a function, but the function is not run, nothing will print out. Try adding:
print("Hello, World!")
as the last or first line of your test.py file and rerunning it. If you are trying to execute a function be sure to have a call to that function within the test file:
data = "some string"
myfunctions(data)
One downside to the code challenges is your code is not saved if the page is reload. To save your code you will need to copy and paste it to a workspace or another file on your computer.
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 PointsThanks, I was not saving my file after I added lines of code. I do not recall seeing the instructor saving when he created .py files, but I will have to check for this in future videos.
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 PointsI have everything working now. It helped a great deal switching to Google Chrome. My only problem now is that I cannot cut and paste unfortunately, so that makes it more difficult to move code around.
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsHave you tried Control-x for cut, Control-c for copy, Control-v for paste?