[IPython-user] customized magic function limitation

[Ville M. Vainio]

On 1/11/07, belinda thom <bthom at cs.hmc.edu> wrote:

> def dtest(self, arg):
>      self.api.ex("print %s, %s" % (arg.split().pop(0),arg.split().pop

a1, a2 = arg.split()

is a bit cleaner...

> In [8]: %t2 "hi there"
> hi, there
>
> It appears that w/two args, you must enclose all w/in matching string
> markers ("" or ''), which makes sense given that's how Python
> recognizes strings.

Note that you forgot quotes after print. You don't need quotes for
multiple args. Try printing the created command before .ex:ing it.

You wanted to say:

'print "%s, %s" % (a1,a2)'

> def doimp(self, arg):
>      """
>      does (another) import / reload sequence of file arg.
>      """
>      self.api.ex("import %s; reload(%s)" % (arg,arg))
>
> In [2]: %imp dice

This imports a module named "dice" and succeeds.

> Without import, I get a naming error:
>
> 94 % ipython
> <snip>
> IPython 0.7.4.svn.r2010 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
> <snip>
> In [1]: %t1??
> Type:           Magic function
> <snip>
> Definition:     %t1(self, arg)
> Source:
> def dtest(self, arg):
>      self.api.ex("print %s" % arg)
>
> In [2]: %t1 dice
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> exceptions.NameError                                 Traceback (most
> recent call last)
> /Users/bthom/belinda/mills/aicourse/python_exs/<ipython console>
> <snip>
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-
> packages/IPython/ipapi.py in ex(self, cmd)
>      210     def ex(self,cmd):
>      211         """ Execute a normal python statement in user
> namespace """
> --> 212         exec cmd in self.user_ns
>      213
>      214     def ev(self,expr):
> /Users/bthom/belinda/mills/aicourse/python_exs/<string>
> NameError: name 'dice' is not defined

This is because the name 'dice' is not defined, which is expected.

IPython only does $var expansion to the strings before passing them to
magic functions.

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