I am trying to learn the basics of programming using python, and I am getting to the point where I have to deal with if statements and for loops. The thing is that I am getting a bit confused as to how my code is running. Is there a way to see how my code is being executed line by line; I feel that that would deepen my understanding of why code has to be written a certain way in order for computers to understand what I am trying to accomplish. I dont know if my question makes any sense to you guys, but I hope you can help me. Thanks a lot in advance.
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Use a debugger or an editor/IDE that comes with one. – Zain Patel Aug 17 '19 at 00:46
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You can also accept which answer you found best. – new Q Open Wid Aug 17 '19 at 00:56
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Pycharm is a great choice, they have an excellent debugger and great code completion. As a beginner, it will help you muchly; https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/ – SteveJ Aug 17 '19 at 03:23
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You can use an interactive debugger. Some Python IDEs provide it.
You may want to give VS Code a try. Take a look at the debugger part of the tutorial.
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What you are looking for is called a debugger. You can find some online, for example here: https://www.onlinegdb.com/online_python_debugger . Alternatively you can use pdb, the python debugger (the above link is just a friendly wrapper around it), directly from the command line, but if you are new to python and programming I wouldn't recommand it.
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Try pdb.
python -m pdb script.py
More information on How to step through Python code to help debug issues?.
pdb documentation here.
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