Question

For assignment 0, I put ';' between commands but how do you do this for long programs without having invalid syntax? Am I missing something?

Answer 1

Are you typing in a window called "Python Shell"?

Answer 2

no I only have the 1 window (on Mac terminal). Do you know how I can get that?

Answer 3

It sounds like you're not running IDLE -- use that to develop.

More broadly, you can generally type multi-line commands without invalid syntax. Python knows when another line can come in, and it looks for indentation to see if it is indeed a continuation.

Answer 4

And, ideally, you will mostly write your code in a text file that you then run using python. That way you can save the code and such.

Answer 5

Ok thank you. What is the advantage of using IDLE then?

Answer 6

IDLE includes a text editor that helps keep track of indentation and highlights keywords in different colors to make the code easier to read.

Answer 7

great I'm looking for it now. Thanks!