Pasting multiple lines into IDLE

Question

Is there a way to paste a block of code into IDLE? Pasting line by line works, but sometimes I\'d like to paste many lines at once. When I try, IDLE reads the first line and

Answer 1

IdleX provides the PastePyShell.py extension for IDLE which allows pasting of multiple lines into the shell for execution.

Answer 2

Probably not the most beautiful procedure, but this works:

cmds = '''

paste your commands, followed by ''':

a = 1
b = 2
c = 3
'''

Then exec(cmds) will execute them.

Or more directly,

exec('''

then paste your commands, followed by '''):

a = 1
b = 2
c = 3
''')

It's just a trick, maybe there's a more official, elegant way.

Answer 3

See this other post: Python, writing multi line code in IDLE You can use an editor (File > New File), write your lines of code there and use F5