How to run a Python file in c++?

Question

I have spent a good part of my day trying to run a Python file from c++. I have tried:

. . .

FILE * file = fopen ("file.py", "r");

PyRun_SimpleFile (file, "file.py");

. . .

This however just causes my application to crash. I am using python version 3.4.

marsh · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-04 21:32:57Z

4

Try

Py_Initialize();
    PyRun_SimpleFile (file, "file.py");
Py_Finalize();

answered Nov 4, 2014 at 21:32

marsh

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4 Comments

Also possibly dumb, but make sure that you're doing #include <Python.h>

Now if I run the code it says File "file.py", line 1 ufffd/ufffd/ufffd/etc.

Well it is loading the python file but I'm getting that weird error

Perhaps post the code that prints, or the contents of the python file.