I have a number of python files with .py extensions that I was working on, closed, and tried to come back to later. When I tried to open them by right clicking and selecting “Edit with IDLE,” instead of opening a pycache folder was created.
I have a work around in which I go to edit the file with Notepad++, copy the text into a new python editor, delete the old file, and resave the new file with the same name. My research has turned up questions related to pycache and IDLE, but none specifically addressing the issue. Has anyone encountered a similar problem/know how to solve it? I’m running Python 3.5.2 on Windows 7.
What did you name the .py file as? If you named it something like "string.py", Python might interpret the file as one of those in the "Lib" folder. Why you can resave it with the same name and have it working afterwards is anyone's guess. I suggest just renaming the python file to something else.
I developed the bad habit of writing/editing python files with IDLE from watching intro videos when I was still relatively new to programming. I have since learned that file editors like Sublime or IDE's like PyCharm are a significantly better way to go and would highly recommend anyone reading this.
I had a similar issue. When I clicked "Edit with IDLE 3.6", it would create a "pycache" folder and not open the python file on IDLE.
I found a Reddit thread that gives an explanation here.
The reason the pycache folder is created is as follows:
When you import a module, Python stores the compiled bytecode in that
directory so that future imports can use it directly, rather than
having to parse and compile the source again. It does not do that for
merely running a script, only when a file is imported.
No such folder is created for the standard library, as the standard
library is pre-cached when you install Python
I was importing Python's "random" library, in another python file (placed in the same directory). So the issue was solved once I deleted that file.
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everyone!
I'm new in programing.
I faced the problem that my .exe doesn't work after I converted it from .py file.
File is prety simple. It's load data from excel to scv using pandas and time just for the logs.
I haven't caught any errors during the convrting proccess, but when I open .exe, it shows only terminal with flickering cursor.
I also add "--exclude-module" for other instaled modules which wasn't used in my program. It helped decrise size of the end .exe file, but still it doesn't work.
If you have any ideas, please share with me.
I found the solution in this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/71626038/17618130 Basicly it offers to use raw Pyinstaller without auto-py-to-exe But i'v found that it is still working only on windows server, but don't work on Windows 10. So I still need help(
I have made a small (8 MB) program into a MAC executable (.app?)
It works great if I share it using a thumbstick, but if I try to upload it to google drive and then download it it doesn't work. By this I mean It first tells me that It is an unidentified source (this seems reasonable)
But then if I click "open"
It opens as a text file with junk data:
If I try to force it to open on the terminal, how the other program opens, it just shows the heartbeat thing that MACs do when opening a file, but never opens anything.
It is certifiably the same exact file. Same size, same name, same goobldygoop if I open both of them as text files instead of executables.
I am really confused, the only thing I can think of is the "signature" that apple uses is lost when it is compressed into a zip, but I'm probably totally off base.
The code uses python 3.7, pyinstaller, pynput, and selenium.
I am using MAC OS Catalina to write and make into an EXE, then another Catalina to try to run the program.
EDIT: Clarify what doesn't work means
Please help.
I found the answer, simply zip the file from my mac and send it that way!
Yay!
Recently I've been trying to use Kivy to run some of my Python code on Android phones(more specifically, my OnePlus 3). But although I've followed the directions regarding putting the android.txt file and the main.py file in storage/emulated/0/kivy, the app still says that no projects are detected.
I think the reason why this is happening is because the full directory of where I'm putting the files is "This PC\ONEPLUS A3000\Internal shared storage\T-Mobile Content Transfer\storage\emulated\0\kivy". I believe that this is the wrong directory due to the fact that I'm placing the files under "T-Mobile Content Transfer" (an app that I had used a couple months ago but have uninstalled). Maybe there is another place I'm supposed to put the files, but so far, I've spent a couple days looking but haven't found any.
I'm fairly new to this, so I apologize if my question is somewhat stupid. Thanks!
The directory in which I placed my python and .txt file:
I think you have to put the main.py and android.txt files in a kivy folder that is located in your phone's home directory
That is: "This PC\ONEPLUS A3000\Internal shared storage\kivy"
I just started learning Python last week to automate some stuff I do (thanks to automatetheboringstuff.com). Assume I know nothing about programming. The only thing I know is HTML and CSS.
I created a simple automation workflow already and I want to improve not the code (maybe in the future because it's not yet finished) but how I can maintain my setup/program on two laptops -- Both Mac OS running on High Sierra.
I have a .py file that contains my automated workflow. I don't know where to place it. It currently resides in my Dropbox so i can use it on laptop1 and laptop2.
I also created a virtualenv for each machine and did the requirements.txt thing as well (just to prep for the future). The directory is on both username/python/project_name.
I read in some posts that these files and other resources can exist anywhere whether inside each virtualenv or not. And that it's just a preference. I also read that the virtualenv itself isn't recommended to be placed inside apps like Dropbox (that's why i separated it on each laptop).
I switch between both laptops frequently. The environment which contains the packages doesn't really concern me that much when switching. It's the other files that is bothering me. For example, there's an image I need, this has to be available on both laptops so my solution to this is to have a Resources folder inside Dropbox as well. It currently looks like this:
Dropbox
Projects
Project 1 files (images, etc.)
Project 2 files (images, etc.)
Workflows (this would contain my completed .py files)
I read some stuff about the virtualenvwrapper, but haven't looked at it yet. Maybe in the future when i do have more projects to manage. Because right now, it's just this one.
Lastly, I noticed that every time i open up Terminal and activate my virtualenv, the file directory is in Users/username
How can i set it to default to Dropbox/Projects/project_name? I always have to set it using the chdir(). That way, when i do have multiple projects (and virtualenv) i don't have to worry about where the files load/ save.
Finally, how do I run the .py script? If i open the IDLE, open the .py file there, and use f5, it runs properly. But as far as I know, that doesn't look into the virtualenv i setup. Is that correct?
I tried right-clicking, then Open With > Python Launcher the .py file. and i'm getting an error saying there are no modules found. It seems it's not loading the right virtualenv. So there must be something wrong with the file i made.
Then I read about the #! you place at the beginning of the .py files but i don't understand it. Can someone explain that further? Is that why my file isn't loading properly?
Thanks for helping out!
You can run .py scripts from the command line using:
python test.py
That tells terminal to run test.py in the python interpreter and send the output to your terminal, just like when you run it in the IDLE. If your .py script is not in your current directory and you don't want to change directories, you can access it using it's absolute path:
python /Users/username/Dropbox/Workflows/test.py
As long as you have already activated your virtualenv, it should run your script using only the libraries you have added to your virtualenv. Also, once your virtualenv is activated, you can move around directories using "cd" and it will bring your virtualenv with you.
I've been searching all day for a solution to unzip a file with AutoIt Script. I would like to unzip a file called full.zip to a folder.
This is my last place to turn since I can't find a solution of my own. I have found many solutions made by others; AutoIt3 files containing functions, but the code has issues of which I do not understand, and I'm unable to them copy here because I'm using a screen reader and it doesn't seem to format properly. This is why I can not copy code here.
Does anyone know of a method, tutorial or resource that I can use to unzip a file with AutoIt?
Thanks for any help,
josh.
There are a lot of solutions people have coded. A few examples are the 7zip UDF, Zip.au3, zipfldr UDF. If those are not working for you it is most likely because of small changes to AutoIt, which is usually just #incudes being restructured.
I usually just keep 7za.exe (7-zip's standalone executable, 7-zip can be downloaded from here, and then after installing you can copy the 7za.exe from its program directory).
Then it becomes as simple as a call to RunWait to create the archive:
RunWait("7za.exe a MyNewArchive.zip file1.ext file2.ext ...")
And then to unzip:
RunWait('7za.exe x MyArchive.zip -o"Path\To\MyOutputFolder"')
The 7-zip FAQ also mentions that you can use this exe in your own applications (including commercial ones) provided you mention it in the documentation and provide a link. That means you are ok to use FileInstall(...) to include 7za.exe in the compiled .exe.