Yes I agree that it'd be cleaner to import the second script and call
it.
The reason I'm keen to find a alternate method is that I have a whole
lot of scripts that were designed to run only as standalone scripts. ie
each of these scripts is not a "function" that I could just call from
another script. They are all of the format:
1) Test.py
-------
import sys
sys.exit(5)
Now I'm trying to write a master script that'd run each one of these
scripts. I'm sure it would have been a lot easier if the scripts were of
the following format. Unfortunately they are not.:
Test.py
-------
import sys
Def test():
return(5, "Junk")
if __name__ == __main__:
test()
Well if there is no other way I think I'll have to alter all the scripts
to be of the above format. Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions
...
Cheers
Hans
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Kent Johnson
Sent: Thursday, 12 January 2006 12:06 p.m.
Cc: Python Tutor
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Returning multiple values from a script
Hans Dushanthakumar wrote:
> Hi,
> Can a script return multiple values to the os?
Is there a reason why you have to call the second test.py using
os.system()? I would write it to be imported and called.
test.py
------
def findR():
return 7, 'Hans'
script1.py
---------
import test
res = test.findR()
print res
Kent
>
> What I have in mind is something like the following:
>
>
> 1) Test.py
> -------
> import sys
>
> r = 7
> sys.exit(r)
> # What I really want to do is something along the lines of sys.exit(r,
> "Hans")
>
>
>
> 2) Script1.py (This script executes script test.py and prints out its
> exit code):
> ----------
> import os
>
> t = "test.py"
> res = os.system('"python test.py")
> print res
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