Important
Throughout this documentation you will see commands or code preceded by
a triple greater-than prompt (>>>
). This indicates that they are being
entered into a Python interpreter in interactive mode.
To start Python in interactive mode, it’s as simple as executing
python
from a command prompt:
% python
Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 20 2012, 16:23:33)
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
For more information, please see the official Python documentation on interactive mode.