[IPython-user] %run foo.ipy crashes on blank lines, but %edit foo.ipy works OK

[Matthew Wilson]

On Tue 03 Jun 2008 03:54:25 PM EDT, Fernando Perez wrote:
> Try %run -i foo.py.  This runs foo.py in your interactive namespace,
> so all top-level names are seen by your script.  The difference is
> simply:
>
> - %run: runs in empty namespace, updates top-level.
> - %run -i: runs directly in top-level, as if 'typed in'

Yeah, that is exactly what I needed.  Thanks so much.

Matt