execute a python file from pycharm console

Question

I have a python file and I want to execute it from PyCharm console.

I'm in the directory of the project (where there is my file)

I tried to follow the solution in this thread: Running a module from the pycharm console

but I got the following error:

from project_main_folder import *
home_scorer_macro.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py", line 2963, in run_code
    exec(code_obj, self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns)
  File "<ipython-input-20-24aaf6f313c6>", line 1, in <module>
    home_scorer_macro.py
NameError: name 'home_scorer_macro' is not defined

I tried directly without "import" to call execute the file, like:

python home_scorer_macro.py

but I got the following error as well:

File "<ipython-input-29-735c29c27d57>", line 1
    python home_scorer_macro.py
                           ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Try it with the IPython magic command [%run](https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interactive/magics.html#magic-run): `%run home_scorer_macro`. — Xukrao, Feb 08 '19 at 16:56
@Xukrao , thanx, it works with run command. I was trying python, python3 etc. but nothing worked. — Minions, Feb 08 '19 at 17:47

Reedinationer · Answer 1 · 2019-02-08T18:24:24.197

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You are confusing the console for the command prompt. The console allows you to type code and have it interpreted as you type line by line (or function by function). The command prompt allows you to say things like python home_scorer_macro.py. If you are trying to run the home_scorer_macro function from learning you can try:

from learning import home_scorer_macro
home_scorer_macro()

It is difficult to tell what you are trying to do without you providing any description of what you are trying to accomplish, though. You could also try something like

import os
os.system('"python home_scorer_macro.py"')
raw_input()

if you would like to combine commmand prompts and consoles. The os.system lets you run commands from within your python script

As well you can go to the Terminal tab and run python home_scorer_macro.py

edited Feb 08 '19 at 18:24

answered Feb 08 '19 at 17:29

Reedinationer

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exactly, this is what I want to execute: python home_scorer_macro.py , but it showed an error – Minions Feb 08 '19 at 17:50
OK just go to the terminal tab in PyCharm then and run `python home_scorer_macro.py` – Reedinationer Feb 08 '19 at 17:56
Yes, i see that. I said to run it in the *terminal* tab though. You are stating you ran it in the *Python Console* tab. – Reedinationer Feb 08 '19 at 18:04
I don't have it in my pycharm version? is it because I use windows? – Minions Feb 08 '19 at 18:18
I'm not sure. I'm on Windows with the community version of PyCharm. I'll post my tabs in my answer – Reedinationer Feb 08 '19 at 18:22
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/188123/discussion-between-reedinationer-and-ghanem). – Reedinationer Feb 08 '19 at 18:24
ah ok, maybe because I use the Educational version .. Now I found it. – Minions Feb 08 '19 at 18:33
"One" of the solution has posted in the post's comments, using Run command – Minions Feb 08 '19 at 18:41

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