popen2 issue

[Bierny]

Hi All,
I am trying to do something new in python but at this moment i really don't know if it is possible.

I have a very simple python script that will simply prompt for any text and when the text it entered by a user the script will display it on a screen.

myInput = raw_input("Write something:")
print myInput
 

What i am trying to do is to start this simple script from another python script, read the prompt and write something to the first script. Let's say that the answer will be hardcoded to simple "Hello". In that case if the other script that starts the simple one and prints the result would print

Write something:
Hello
 

I will keep looking for a solution for this problem. I will really appreciate any hints from you, especially if it is actually possible to do :-)

Thanks in advance for any help.

Best regards,

[rhitam30111985]

i cant think how u can start another script from a scrip but this is all i can think of :

script1.py:

#!/usr/bin/python
string=raw_input()
 

script2.py

 
from script1 import *
print string
 
 

[elcron]

As far as I'm aware there is no such way but object oriented languages like python have functions and classes for code reuse. I would use the import statement.

# script1.py
    from script2 import formatText # import the function
 
    # execute the first logic
    myInput = raw_input("Write something: ")
    print myInput
 
    # call upon function
    print formatText(myInput)
    print myInput
 
# script2.py
    def formatText(texts):
        text = texts[:] # copies the variable so you can avoid side effects
        ## format the text ##
        text += '\n'
        text *= 5
        return text
 

[Bierny]

Hmm...
What in case when the first script (the one that uses raw_input) is not a python script, but simply some other script that i can only execute?

I am still trying :-)

Thanks for your comments and i am waiting for new ones :-)

Best regards,