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<span id="top-level"></span><h1><span class="section-number">9. </span>Top-level components<a class="headerlink" href="#top-level-components" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<p id="index-0">The Python interpreter can get its input from a number of sources: from a script
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except for <a class="reference internal" href="../library/sys.html#module-sys" title="sys: Access system-specific parameters and functions."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys</span></code></a> (various system services), <a class="reference internal" href="../library/builtins.html#module-builtins" title="builtins: The module that provides the built-in namespace."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">builtins</span></code></a> (built-in
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functions, exceptions and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>) and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/__main__.html#module-__main__" title="__main__: The environment where top-level code is run. Covers command-line interfaces, import-time behavior, and ``__name__ == '__main__'``."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__main__</span></code></a>. The latter is used to
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a complete program; each statement is executed in the namespace of
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<a class="reference internal" href="../library/__main__.html#module-__main__" title="__main__: The environment where top-level code is run. Covers command-line interfaces, import-time behavior, and ``__name__ == '__main__'``."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__main__</span></code></a>.</p>
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in three forms: with the <a class="reference internal" href="../using/cmdline.html#cmdoption-c"><code class="xref std std-option docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-c</span></code></a> <em>string</em> command line option, as a file
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<span id="id1"></span><h2><span class="section-number">9.2. </span>File input<a class="headerlink" href="#file-input" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<strong id="grammar-token-python-grammar-file_input">file_input</strong> ::= (NEWLINE | <a class="reference internal" href="compound_stmts.html#grammar-token-python-grammar-statement"><code class="xref docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">statement</span></code></a>)*
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<strong id="grammar-token-python-grammar-interactive_input">interactive_input</strong> ::= [<a class="reference internal" href="compound_stmts.html#grammar-token-python-grammar-stmt_list"><code class="xref docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stmt_list</span></code></a>] NEWLINE | <a class="reference internal" href="compound_stmts.html#grammar-token-python-grammar-compound_stmt"><code class="xref docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compound_stmt</span></code></a> NEWLINE
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<span id="id2"></span><h2><span class="section-number">9.4. </span>Expression input<a class="headerlink" href="#expression-input" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<p id="index-6"><span id="index-5"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#eval" title="eval"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">eval()</span></code></a> is used for expression input. It ignores leading whitespace. The
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<strong id="grammar-token-python-grammar-eval_input">eval_input</strong> ::= <a class="reference internal" href="expressions.html#grammar-token-python-grammar-expression_list"><code class="xref docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">expression_list</span></code></a> NEWLINE*
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