How to use argv with Spyder

Question

I'm running the code below in Spyder. I have typed it in a py file and simply hit the run button.

When I try to run it I get the error:

ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

As shown here you are meant to give the inputs for the argv variable before running the program but I don't know how to do this is spyder?

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ex13.html

from sys import argv  script, first, second, third = argv  print "The script is called:", script print "The first variable is:", first print "The second variable is:", second print "Your third variable is:", third 

Answer 1

To pass argv to a script in Spyder, you need to go the menu entry

Run > Configuration per file

or press the Ctrl+F6 key, then look for the option called

Command line options

on the dialog that appears after that, and finally enter the command line arguments you want to pass to the script, which in this case could be

one two three

Answer 2

In addition to configuring in the Run->Configure as explained in other answers, you can use "runfile" directly from the console.

Run the following:

   runfile('ex13.py', args='first second third')