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Is there a way to paste a block of code into IDLE? Pasting line by line works, but sometimes I'd like to paste many lines at once. When I try, IDLE reads the first line and ignores the rest.
>>> a = 1 b = 2 c = 3 >>> >>> a 1 >>> b Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module> b NameError: name 'b' is not defined 
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If you do File --> New File, it should open a new savable window that you can write multiple lines and save as a . py file.
using pyscripter.. copy code from anywhere say a function... and then right click in interpreter... choose "paste and execute". and this will work nicely for multiline paste.
PythonServer Side ProgrammingProgramming. Statements in Python typically end with a new line. Python does, however, allow the use of the line continuation character (\) to denote that the line should continue. For example − total = item_one + \ item_two + \ item_three.
Probably not the most beautiful procedure, but this works:
cmds = ''' paste your commands, followed by ''':
a = 1 b = 2 c = 3 ''' Then exec(cmds) will execute them.
Or more directly,
exec(''' then paste your commands, followed by '''):
a = 1 b = 2 c = 3 ''') It's just a trick, maybe there's a more official, elegant way.
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