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What permissions does an account need on a Python script to be
able to run it without typing the name of the Python interpreter
on the command line?
read and execute permission
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What is the name of the special line we use to run a Python program
without directly calling the interpreter?
the hashbang line
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Where must this special line appear?
the very first line of the script
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What are the first two characters of this special line?
#!
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What must follow these two characters? I don't want the actual value, I want you
to tell to describe what it is.
the absolute pathname of the Python interpreter
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What is a syntax error?
an error caused by code that does not follow the rules of the Python language
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What is a logic error?
an error that causes the code to give incorrect results
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What is a runtime error?
when a value in a Python statement causes the statement to fail
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What type of statement can be used to deal with an exception?
a try/except statement
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What happens when an exception is encountered in the
try block
of such a statement?
the interpreter stops running the code in the 1st block and jumps to the code in the 2nd block