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I just setup PyDev with Eclipse, but I'm a little confused. I thought that in the console I would be able to type certain commands such as print("Hello World") and directly observe the result without having to incorporate that in any sort of file.

The reason I would like this is because it would allow me to test functions real quick before using them in scripts, and I'm also following a tutorial which tells me to check if NumPy is installed by typing import NumPy in the command line.

Thanks!

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There should be an interactive console in PyDev.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Enter or Cmd+Alt+Enter.

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That linked helped me, I figured it out. I needed to change a setting in the PyDev console. Thanks.
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Open up terminal and type python then it should load python shell then type import numpy

I have used pydev and find its easier just to use terminal to run small commands

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I do this for R and should of thought of it. Great idea!
Even better, just make an alias for python -i -c 'import numpy'.
Both work. If you want to run something like a loop or something over several lines write a text file and save it as something like test.py and run that in the command window python environment. PyDev is good but I find that for conceptual testing just running things in terminal is better

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