Enter Interactive Mode In Python

Question

I\'m running my Python program and have a point where it would be useful to jump in and see what\'s going on, and then step out again. Sort of like a temporary console mode.

Answer 1

From Python 3.7 onwards, you can also use breakpoint() to get into the debugger, e.g.:

for thing in set_of_things:
    breakpoint()
    do_stuff_to(thing)

This is a little easier to remember and write, and will open your code in pdb by default.

However, it's also possible to set the PYTHONBREAKPOINT environment to the name of a callable, which could be another debugger such as pudb or ipdb, or it could be IPython's embed, or anything else.