What does In [*] in IPython Notebook mean and how to turn it off?

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Isak La Fleur picture Isak La Fleur · May 24, 2015 · Viewed 78k times · Source

I use Windows 7, Python 2.7.9 plus latest version of IPython 3.1.

I ran %python inside an IPython Notebook and ran the cell, instead of returning the Python version, it did not run and jumped to a new line and printed a In [*] instead of a line number. Now no line is running in ipython everything is ignored when I try to run a cell value.

Anyone know what has happen?

Answer

Mike Müller picture Mike Müller · May 24, 2015

The kernel is busy. Go to the menu Kernel and click Interrupt. If this does not work click Restart. You need to go in a new cell and press Shift + Enter to see if it worked.

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