start interactive mode on a specific script line

Question

I need to run my Python script as usual, but I want to stop execution on a specific line and start interactive mode.

In other words, I want to be able to check the value of all my variables at that point, and continue myself from there on python's command line.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

This can be done with the code module. The easiest way is to call code.interact().

Answer 2

Use a debugger and add breakpoints. Do you use an IDE? All the major IDEs have debugger support. From the CLI, you can use pdb.