[IPython-User] questions about using macro ...

[Ching-Chao Chang]

Hi,

 

I'm new to ipython and python and I'm currently trying to use ipython as
a replacement to windows shell.

But I got some questions about using macro.

 

I wrote a macro named "get_case" as follows ...

 

order_id = _margv[0]

!mkdir C:\Temp\${order_id}

a = !dir

a = a.grep(str(order_id))

for f in a.fields(4):

   !copy ${f} C:\Temp\${order_id}

 

this macro works fine, but after I make some changes, it becomes really
weird

 

num_cases = len(_margv)

for I in range(num_cases):

   order_id = _margv[0]

   !mkdir C:\Temp\${order_id}

   a = !dir

   a = a.grep(str(order_id))

   for f in a.fields(4):

      !copy ${f} C:\Temp\${order_id}

 

I call the modified macro this way    get_case(91111, 91112)

Then I get the following error messages

 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
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AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call
last)

 

C:\Python26\Scripts\<ipython console> in <module>()

 

C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\ipython-0.10-py2.6.egg\IPython\macro.pyc
in __call__(self, *args)

     36     def __call__(self,*args):

     37         Term.cout.flush()

---> 38         self._ip.user_ns['_margv'] = args

     39         self._ip.runlines(self.value)

     40

 

AttributeError: Macro instance has no attribute '_ip'

 

I totally have no idea why? Can anyone shed some light on this?

 

Besides, using macro which occupies more than one lines seem to screw up
the line number. After I use the macro, 

what I got from rep $line_number is different from what I see from the
prompt. Am I using the macro in a wrong way, 

or is there anything I can do to avoid this?

 

I really appreciate any help on these two questions.

 

Alvin

 

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