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
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.