How does IPython's magic %paste work?

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Framester picture Framester · Jun 4, 2012 · Viewed 63.2k times · Source

I want to copy already indented Python code / whole functions and classes into IPython. Everytime I try the indentation is screwed up and I get following error message:

IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level (<ipython-input-23-354f8c8be51b>, line 12)

If you want to paste code into IPython, try the %paste and %cpaste magic functions.

Answer

Framester picture Framester · Jun 4, 2012

You can't copy to IPython directly. This are the steps:

  1. Copy the lines you want to copy into IPython into the clipboard
  2. Enter %paste into IPython
  3. Press enter
  4. Profit!

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