help in execfile function

[moijes12]

Hi

i have 3 python files and i want to execute the files sequentially
using the execfile command.Hence ,i have written the following program


fileList = ["a.py","b.py","c.py"]

for fileName in fileList :
execfile(fileName)

however,when i try running it,the program keeps calling execfile on
a.py and thus an infinite loop is created.I am running this on Windows
XP.

Please suggest a sloution whereby i can use execfile to execute all
files in fileList.Please tell me where in my program i may have gone
wrong.

moijes12

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

Hi

i have 3 python files and i want to execute the files sequentially using
the execfile command.Hence ,i have written the following program


fileList = ["a.py","b.py","c.py"]

for fileName in fileList :
execfile(fileName)

however,when i try running it,the program keeps calling execfile on a.py
and thus an infinite loop is created.I am running this on Windows XP.

Change the line "execfile(fileName)" to "print fileName" and you may
discover that the problem isn't with execfile but with your code.

Then read about modules and import, and you may discover that there is a
better way than execfile.


(I wish that eval, exec and execfile were hidden in a module where noobs
couldn't trip over them and decide they are the answer to every problem.
Sigh.)

Please suggest a sloution whereby i can use execfile to execute all
files in fileList.Please tell me where in my program i may have gone
wrong.

Looking into my crystal ball, I'm guessing that file a.py contains a line
that says "execfile('a.py')".