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Python Introducing Dictionaries Introducing Dictionaries Accessing Keys and Values

Posted by Hien Ha
Hien Ha
1,417 Points

Console does not work

Hello I try to access the python shell as the video but the console does not work. When I type "python3 dictionaries.py" the shell does not run

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Since the default version is 3, instead of "python3" you can just type "python".

Also when you give a file name, as in "python dictionaries.py", that causes the program in "dictionaries.py" to run. If you want an interactive shell, just type "python" by itself.