Language: Shell Statement

Launch a language-specific interpreter within TAPPS.

Syntax:

1. PYTHONSHELL: Launch a Python interpreter.

For Python interpreter, the following variables are defined, or imported:

• pprint - Pretty print is imported
• all functions in tapps.py are imported
• TAPPS engine is imported as tapps_engine
• session variable points to the current session dictionary
• environment variable points to the current environment dictionary
• dataframe variable points to the current dataframes within session (session['MDF'].frames)

Example:

# Set relative current working directory and load a CSV file
set rcwd data
load csv STI_2015.csv as STI

# Launch a Python interpreter within TAPPS
pythonshell

Advanced Topics

1. Bytecodes generated are:
   • pythonshell