IDLE import subprocess SyntaxError but not in Python3 in Terminal with Mac OSX
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The following code fragment from the IDLE Python 3.7.1 Shell window on MacOS 10.11.6 causes a syntax error.
What is the solution?
The same code run in Terminal Python 2.7.10 or Python3 does not cause an error.
Python 3.7.1 (v3.7.1:260ec2c36a, Oct 20 2018, 03:13:28)
[Clang 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>> import subprocess
from time import strftime
import time
SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement
>>>
python subprocess syntax-error python-idle
asked Nov 16 '18 at 16:57
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The following code fragment from the IDLE Python 3.7.1 Shell window on MacOS 10.11.6 causes a syntax error.
What is the solution?
The same code run in Terminal Python 2.7.10 or Python3 does not cause an error.
Python 3.7.1 (v3.7.1:260ec2c36a, Oct 20 2018, 03:13:28)
[Clang 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>> import subprocess
from time import strftime
import time
SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement
>>>
python subprocess syntax-error python-idle
asked Nov 16 '18 at 16:57
macmac
1
1
Why are you importingtimetwice? It seems like that is the reason there is an error.
– Karl
Nov 16 '18 at 17:13
You cannot execute multiple statements like that in IDLE. IPython (like in Spyder) however can do this
– user8408080
Nov 16 '18 at 19:13
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The following code fragment from the IDLE Python 3.7.1 Shell window on MacOS 10.11.6 causes a syntax error.
What is the solution?
The same code run in Terminal Python 2.7.10 or Python3 does not cause an error.
Python 3.7.1 (v3.7.1:260ec2c36a, Oct 20 2018, 03:13:28)
[Clang 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>> import subprocess
from time import strftime
import time
SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement
>>>
python subprocess syntax-error python-idle
asked Nov 16 '18 at 16:57
macmac
1
The following code fragment from the IDLE Python 3.7.1 Shell window on MacOS 10.11.6 causes a syntax error.
What is the solution?
The same code run in Terminal Python 2.7.10 or Python3 does not cause an error.
Python 3.7.1 (v3.7.1:260ec2c36a, Oct 20 2018, 03:13:28)
[Clang 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>> import subprocess
from time import strftime
import time
SyntaxError: multiple statements found while compiling a single statement
>>>
python subprocess syntax-error python-idle
python subprocess syntax-error python-idle
asked Nov 16 '18 at 16:57
macmac
1
asked Nov 16 '18 at 16:57
macmac
1
asked Nov 16 '18 at 16:57
macmac
1
asked Nov 16 '18 at 16:57
macmac
1
asked Nov 16 '18 at 16:57
macmac
1
1
1
Why are you importingtimetwice? It seems like that is the reason there is an error.
– Karl
Nov 16 '18 at 17:13
You cannot execute multiple statements like that in IDLE. IPython (like in Spyder) however can do this
– user8408080
Nov 16 '18 at 19:13
add a comment |
1
Why are you importingtimetwice? It seems like that is the reason there is an error.
– Karl
Nov 16 '18 at 17:13
You cannot execute multiple statements like that in IDLE. IPython (like in Spyder) however can do this
– user8408080
Nov 16 '18 at 19:13
1
1
Why are you importing
time twice? It seems like that is the reason there is an error.– Karl
Nov 16 '18 at 17:13
Why are you importing
time twice? It seems like that is the reason there is an error.– Karl
Nov 16 '18 at 17:13
You cannot execute multiple statements like that in IDLE. IPython (like in Spyder) however can do this
– user8408080
Nov 16 '18 at 19:13
You cannot execute multiple statements like that in IDLE. IPython (like in Spyder) however can do this
– user8408080
Nov 16 '18 at 19:13
add a comment |
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The answer, as is often the case, is in the exception message. You should enter one and only one statement in response to IDLE's statement prompt. A couple of weeks ago, I edited the IDLE doc to make this clearer.
With IDLE’s Shell, one enters, edits, and recalls complete statements.
Most consoles and terminals only work with a single physical line at a
time.
When one pastes code into Shell, it is not compiled and possibly
executed until one hits Return. One may edit pasted code first. If one
pastes more that one statement into Shell, the result will be a
SyntaxError when multiple statements are compiled as if they were one.
If, in response to the prompt >>>, you type import subprocess and hit return, IDLE sends the statement to Python in the user process to execute the import. IDLE then presents a new >>> prompt. You entered three statements without triggering execution. The only way I know to do that is by pasting all three at once. (If you found another way, I would like to know ;-).
To run multiple statements at once, edit or paste into a file and run it. I keep a tem.py file that I use for this. I usually open it with Files => Recent files.
answered Nov 16 '18 at 18:53
Terry Jan ReedyTerry Jan Reedy
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The answer, as is often the case, is in the exception message. You should enter one and only one statement in response to IDLE's statement prompt. A couple of weeks ago, I edited the IDLE doc to make this clearer.
With IDLE’s Shell, one enters, edits, and recalls complete statements.
Most consoles and terminals only work with a single physical line at a
time.
When one pastes code into Shell, it is not compiled and possibly
executed until one hits Return. One may edit pasted code first. If one
pastes more that one statement into Shell, the result will be a
SyntaxError when multiple statements are compiled as if they were one.
If, in response to the prompt >>>, you type import subprocess and hit return, IDLE sends the statement to Python in the user process to execute the import. IDLE then presents a new >>> prompt. You entered three statements without triggering execution. The only way I know to do that is by pasting all three at once. (If you found another way, I would like to know ;-).
To run multiple statements at once, edit or paste into a file and run it. I keep a tem.py file that I use for this. I usually open it with Files => Recent files.
answered Nov 16 '18 at 18:53
Terry Jan ReedyTerry Jan Reedy
12.3k12140
add a comment |
The answer, as is often the case, is in the exception message. You should enter one and only one statement in response to IDLE's statement prompt. A couple of weeks ago, I edited the IDLE doc to make this clearer.
With IDLE’s Shell, one enters, edits, and recalls complete statements.
Most consoles and terminals only work with a single physical line at a
time.
When one pastes code into Shell, it is not compiled and possibly
executed until one hits Return. One may edit pasted code first. If one
pastes more that one statement into Shell, the result will be a
SyntaxError when multiple statements are compiled as if they were one.
If, in response to the prompt >>>, you type import subprocess and hit return, IDLE sends the statement to Python in the user process to execute the import. IDLE then presents a new >>> prompt. You entered three statements without triggering execution. The only way I know to do that is by pasting all three at once. (If you found another way, I would like to know ;-).
To run multiple statements at once, edit or paste into a file and run it. I keep a tem.py file that I use for this. I usually open it with Files => Recent files.
answered Nov 16 '18 at 18:53
Terry Jan ReedyTerry Jan Reedy
12.3k12140
add a comment |
The answer, as is often the case, is in the exception message. You should enter one and only one statement in response to IDLE's statement prompt. A couple of weeks ago, I edited the IDLE doc to make this clearer.
With IDLE’s Shell, one enters, edits, and recalls complete statements.
Most consoles and terminals only work with a single physical line at a
time.
When one pastes code into Shell, it is not compiled and possibly
executed until one hits Return. One may edit pasted code first. If one
pastes more that one statement into Shell, the result will be a
SyntaxError when multiple statements are compiled as if they were one.
If, in response to the prompt >>>, you type import subprocess and hit return, IDLE sends the statement to Python in the user process to execute the import. IDLE then presents a new >>> prompt. You entered three statements without triggering execution. The only way I know to do that is by pasting all three at once. (If you found another way, I would like to know ;-).
To run multiple statements at once, edit or paste into a file and run it. I keep a tem.py file that I use for this. I usually open it with Files => Recent files.
answered Nov 16 '18 at 18:53
Terry Jan ReedyTerry Jan Reedy
12.3k12140
The answer, as is often the case, is in the exception message. You should enter one and only one statement in response to IDLE's statement prompt. A couple of weeks ago, I edited the IDLE doc to make this clearer.
With IDLE’s Shell, one enters, edits, and recalls complete statements.
Most consoles and terminals only work with a single physical line at a
time.
When one pastes code into Shell, it is not compiled and possibly
executed until one hits Return. One may edit pasted code first. If one
pastes more that one statement into Shell, the result will be a
SyntaxError when multiple statements are compiled as if they were one.
If, in response to the prompt >>>, you type import subprocess and hit return, IDLE sends the statement to Python in the user process to execute the import. IDLE then presents a new >>> prompt. You entered three statements without triggering execution. The only way I know to do that is by pasting all three at once. (If you found another way, I would like to know ;-).
To run multiple statements at once, edit or paste into a file and run it. I keep a tem.py file that I use for this. I usually open it with Files => Recent files.
answered Nov 16 '18 at 18:53
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Why are you importing
timetwice? It seems like that is the reason there is an error.– Karl
Nov 16 '18 at 17:13
You cannot execute multiple statements like that in IDLE. IPython (like in Spyder) however can do this
– user8408080
Nov 16 '18 at 19:13