Already stuck at ps0 -- what tools do I use?
I don't have a problem with the "What is your name" program. What I don't understand is, where do I type it out? When I try to write the program in Python IDLE, it acts like a command prompt and just echos back the input, i.e.

Lname = raw_input('What is your last name?')
What is your last name?

I don't get a chance to write the whole program before it's already executing. In past programming that I've done, I typed out the code in a text editor and executed it from either a command prompt or browser. Is that what I'm supposed to do here?

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Already stuck at ps0 -- what tools do I use?
I don't have a problem with the "What is your name" program. What I don't understand is, where do I type it out? When I try to write the program in Python IDLE, it acts like a command prompt and just echos back the input, i.e.

Lname = raw_input('What is your last name?')
What is your last name?

I don't get a chance to write the whole program before it's already executing. In past programming that I've done, I typed out the code in a text editor and executed it from either a command prompt or browser. Is that what I'm supposed to do here?

anonymous · Answer

In Python IDLE you have a chance to open a new window usinf File Menu and then clicking on New Window or alternatively Control+N shortcut key.

In this window you will write your codes then sabe it as .txt files or .py then pressing F5 you are running your scripts and result will be shown in IDLE.

Hope this helps :)

anonymous · Answer

Perfect. Thank you!