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Hi there,

I'm just delving into python and I'm a bit stuck with argv. I understand how to use it with the command line on my computer but how does it work exactly in Pythonista.

For example, this small script passes in the name of the script and three variables, first, second and third but how do I do that with Pythonista?

from sys import argv

script, first, second, third = argv

print "\n"

print "The script is called:", script
print "\n"
print "Your first variable is:", first
print "\n"
print "Your second variable is:", second
print "\n"
print "Your third variable is:", third

print "\n"

Any help appreciated.

Kind Regards

Ah, I figured it out.

How did you figure it out?

@JasonN How did you figure this out?

@kevinspacely script is ok for Python 2

Put as 1st line

#!python2

And test so

There is also a 2to3 button under the wrench icon. Funny because there are exactly 223 days until Python 2 end of life!!