Using the Python Editor interactive console

The following assumes the default Python preferences settings are used. The code you enter is in color based on Python syntax types:

• comments are red
• strings are green
• keywords are orange
• output is blue
• Python reserved words are purple

To populate the interactive console:

1. Click the interactive console.

   Entry lines start at the >>> prompt and feedback lines have no beginning.

2. Type a statement and then click Enter.

To copy, cut, paste, undo or redo:

• Right-click to choose an option from the context menu.

To traverse history, do either of the following:

• Click Alt + N.
• Click Alt + P.

To auto-complete an entry:

1. Make sure you have the appropriate class instantiated for the auto-complete to take place.
2. Click Ctrl + Space.

   Relevant completion options become available in a window.

   For example:

   x=FBModel
   x. ...
   

   this returns all available options for

   x=FBModel
   

   

   If you enter for example

   y=2
   y. ...
   

   this returns nothing.

To adjust the height of the interactive console without resizing the Python Editor window:

• Drag the bottom border of the interactive console.

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