How to extract information from text file in Python?

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• HI, am a beginner and I wrote a code in Sublime Text 3, but every time I try running it I get an error: 'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. [Finished in 0.1s with exit code 1] [shell_cmd: python -u "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\http://test.py"] [dir: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop] [path: C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;c:\minGW\bin ;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0] When I type "python" in administrator:windows powershell I get this error: 'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. [Finished in 0.1s with exit code 1] [shell_cmd: python -u "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\http://test.py"] [dir: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop] [path: C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;c:\minGW\bin ;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0] My Code: 1.input("what is your name?") 2.print(name) 3.Help= input("How may i help you today?") 4.print(Help) 5.Address= input ("what is your Address") 6.print(Address) 7.provide=(" What information would you like me to provide you with?") 8.print(provide) 9.Information= input("what is your information?") 10.print(Information) 11.print(" I LOVE PROGRAMMING") I have it save to my desktop under "http://test.py" am ruining this on a windows xp btw

• Answer:

  A google search would have solved your problem. http://docs.python.org/2/faq/windows You may have installed python but the executable python.exe is not in the PATH environment variable. To view or change environment variables: Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. Click the Advanced tab. Click Environment variables. Click on PATH variable, there will be a long list of directories. Determine where python was installed in your computer and copy that path. (It would probably be c:\Python27\python ). Add that path to the end of the the long list in the variable PATH. Two different directory paths are separated by a semicolon.