How to Copy/Paste and Run Python Codes

After downloading and installing Python on your PC, plus any add-on modules, run IDLE. Find the Python directory/folder in the programs area or if you've already made a shortcut on your desktop, find "IDLE" and run it.

Copy the codes given to you from me, a friend etc., and then Paste them in the blank page. Next go to Run, dropdown and click on Run Module. The first time you run any code, it will ask you to save it with a name. The example below is for learning state capitals. Therefore, when it asked me to save it with a name, I type "Learning State Capitals". It will also save the filename in the default directory of C:\Python or C:\Python32. 

Note: This is the common default directory. But if you change the default directory to somewhere else during installation, this will not be the default directory for your Python installation. It is also very important to understand that you can create your own folders on your Desktop to organize and save your Python codes and the necessary files pertaining to that code in the same saved folder in order for it to run correctly. To understand more, try tackling "Codes for Spelling" link at the top of my website.

Results of running the codes for  "Learning State Capitals" as seen above.

Once you have saved it with a name and ran it, in case you closed the Idle or run another saved code, the next time you can access it by clicking on File, dropdown then click Open. It should default to the C:\Python or C:\Python32 directory where it was saved. For the above example, I can find the Learning State Capitals.py and double click on it. I will then see the codes appear on the page, then I go to Run, dropdown and click on Run Module to run the codes again. I can run it as many times as I want in order to learn all the state capitals.

Basically, when you create codes, you will keep saving, editing, and making many test runs until the codes run correctly.

Example from Learning State Capitals, imagine copying these group of codes repeatedly till you get all 50 states. You only have to change the answer='Baton Rouge' to the other capitals and then change the question part. Then you keep running the codes until you've learned all 50 state capitals.

I have created the codes for learning all 50 state capitals besides others. Check the code links at the top of my website. Click Learning State Capitals. There you can highlight it to copy and paste it to Python. You can also edit the codes for your other learning needs!