Given a Python source code, is it possible to run the code line by line, as if you were debugging?
And when it comes to a function call, I would like to 'step into' the function also.
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1What you are describing, is debugging. Is that what you want asking, how do I debug a python program?John Keyes– John Keyes2011-10-06 23:05:32 +00:00Commented Oct 6, 2011 at 23:05
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Have you considered pdb, which comes with Python?Greg Hewgill– Greg Hewgill2011-10-06 23:05:56 +00:00Commented Oct 6, 2011 at 23:05
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1Python code does run line by line. And it does step into functions when they are called. How else would it execute it?Chris Morgan– Chris Morgan2011-10-06 23:07:37 +00:00Commented Oct 6, 2011 at 23:07
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sorry for the confusion, I'm not talking about debugging, see my comment below.user11869– user118692011-10-06 23:44:01 +00:00Commented Oct 6, 2011 at 23:44
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Even after reading that, it still sounds like you want to debug it.John Keyes– John Keyes2011-10-07 21:57:36 +00:00Commented Oct 7, 2011 at 21:57
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python -m pdb <script.py> will run the script in the Python debugger.
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user11869
Sorry for all the confusion, I should be more clear. The reason I asked is that I want to write a program that can execute a python source code line by line, and in between lines I want to run my own stuff and be able to access the current namespace of the source code being executed.
Mark Gemmill
I'd go with the python debugger for exactly that. It can be invoked from within code and not just from the command line. Have a look at the source code of Pdb class. The docs say its extensible, so you should be able to customize it to do what you want.
If you're using PyCharm, you can change the keyboard shortcut settings -
Settings>>Keymap>>Other>>Execute selection in console
If you have migrated from R, changing this to Ctrl+Enter would help you run the code line by line.
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Endre
Or Cmd+Enter if you were using a Mac.
I'd suggest looking at Eclipse and PyDev for debugging. I imagine there are many alternatives though.
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What you are describing, is debugging. So here is the source code of python debugger used by most code editors (like vs code, virtual studio, PyCharm, PyDev, etc). Have a look at this https://github.com/fabioz/PyDev.Debugger
Note that this is only used for python code debugging not for other languages
or, The better option that you have to understand how debuggers work is to look at this article https://opensource.com/article/19/8/debug-python
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Have a look at ipython, you should be able to use a combination of pdb and ipython, like loading pdb inside ipython to achieve what you need.
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For most instances, the debugging tools mentioned in other answers are all you should need - but if you really want to follow / control your program line-by-line, I think you're looking for
sys.settrace(tracefunc) - where tracefunc is a python function that will be called for a range of different events - 'call', 'line', 'return', 'exception' or 'opcode'. For the OP, the 'line' event is the interesting one here, being fired immediately before the execution of the next line of code.
Example:
def trace_dispatch(frame, event, arg):
if event == 'line':
record_line_execution(frame)
sys.settrace(trace_dispatch)
Incidentally - I'm pretty sure that this is the mechanism that the debugging tools use to work their magic
