Difference between revisions of "Python"

Latest revision as of 19:42, 3 February 2023

Description

Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. You can learn to use Python and see almost immediate gains in productivity and lower maintenance costs. Python version 3 is the current implementation of Python while python2 is a legacy version no longer supported after 2020-01-01.

Environment Modules

Run module spider python to find out what environment modules are available for this application.

System Variables

HPC_PYTHON_DIR - installation directory

HPC_PYTHON_BIN - executable directory
HPC_PYTHON_LIB - library directory

and modifies PYTHONPATH and PYTHONHOME, so you could use them in your scripts.

Additional Information

After the appropriate environment module is loaded - type "python" at the command line to open an interactive session.
To run a python script type python scriptname.py. If the correct "shebang" line is used at the top of the script E.g.

#!/usr/bin/env python

then the script can be run directly as scriptname.py if it's in the executable path or as ./scriptname.py if it's in the current directory. The same rules apply to using a python script in a batch job script.

You can request installation of additional modules by submitting a request ticket in the Support System. The support request tickets can be used for requesting software installation, finding a solution to a particular problem, or just asking a question.

Matplotlib backend

If you are trying to use matplotlib and get an error similar to either of the following:

```
ImportError: No module named _tkinter
```

This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized.

then you should try the following before importing pyplot from matplotlib:

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')

Output Buffering

If your job starts, but doesn't appear to produce output from 'print' statements in the job log for a long time, but you want to see that output immediately then turn off output buffering. You can either add a flush=True argument to the print calls you are interested in or run the script with

srun --unbuffered python SCRIPT.py

Available modules

To see all installed modules names load the environment module and run pip list or python -c "help('modules')" command before submitting a request for a new module installation.
To install their own packages, users can load any module that has python within and run pip install "package".
Users can define an install path by running: pip install --install-option="--prefix=/some/path/" package_name.

Below is a list of modules and versions installed in the default python version.

Expand this section to view list of available modules.

Automatically generated list of python modules installed with the Python Package Manager (pip) under the default python version. File PYTHON_MODULES is missing.

Name	Version

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 You can request installation of additional modules by {{Fileabug}}.
-See also: [[Installing Personal Python Modules]] and [[Managing Python environments and Jupyter kernels]]
+See also: [[Managing Python environments and Jupyter kernels]]
 ===Matplotlib backend===
-If you are trying to use matplotlib and get an error similar to
+If you are trying to use matplotlib and get an error similar to either of the following:
- import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
+*<pre>ImportError: No module named _tkinter</pre>
- ImportError: No module named _tkinter
+*<pre>This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized.</pre>
-or
+then you should try the following before importing pyplot from matplotlib:
- This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized.
-then you should try the following:
   import matplotlib
   matplotlib.use('Agg')
-before importing pyplot from matplotlib.
 ===Output Buffering===
 If your job starts, but doesn't appear to produce output from 'print' statements in the job log for a long time, but you want to see that output immediately then turn off output buffering.  You can either add a <code>flush=True</code> argument to the print calls you are interested in or run the script with
   srun --unbuffered python SCRIPT.py
+}}
-}}
 ==Available modules==
-To see all installed modules names load the environment module and run <code>pip3 list</code> or <code>python -c "help('modules')"</code> command before submitting a request for a new module installation. Below is a list of modules and versions installed in the default python version.
+* To see all installed modules names load the environment module and run <code>pip list</code> or <code>python -c "help('modules')"</code> command before submitting a request for a new module installation.
+* To install their own packages, users can load any module that has python within and run <code>pip install "package"</code>.
+* Users can define an install path by running: <code>pip install --install-option="--prefix=/some/path/" package_name</code>.
+Below is a list of modules and versions installed in the default python version.
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:70%; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid gray;">
+''Expand this section to view list of available modules.''
+<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="padding: 5px;">
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+</div>
+</div>
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