Python debugging by invoking the keyboardinput in a script

Question

ys it possible to invoke the keyboard in a python script? E.g. in MATLAB there is way to write

% A lot of code "A"
...
keyboard
% A lot of code "B"
...

in a script, so if you execute the script, it will halt at "keyboard" and you can go on in your MATLAB-shell with the workspace which was build up by code in "A". Is there a similar command in Python?

Martijn Pieters · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-24 17:48:12Z

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Take a look at the Python debugger; instead of keyboard you'd use:

import pdb; pdb.set_trace()

and the debugger stops execution and lets you investigate the state of your program.

answered Oct 24, 2013 at 17:48

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Silfheed Over a year ago

If you use ipython, there's also ipdb which runs pdb in the ipython interface. Similar invocation as well import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace(). It's a separate package tho, available in PyPI.

Tik0 Over a year ago

Nice, it is excactly what i was looking for

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