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Learn Python in 7 Days
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Learn Python in 7 Days

by Mohit Raj, Bhaskar N. Das
May 2017
Intermediate to advanced
280 pages
6h 2m
English
Packt Publishing
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Setting environment variables in Windows

Here, if python.exe is not provided to the path variable, then the system does not recognize python as a command, as shown in the following screenshot:

The Windows command prompt does not recognize python as shown in the previous screenshot. Once Python has been updated in the path variables or system variables, the windows command line recognizes the python command and executes as shown here: 

During installation, the installer provides an option to set system variables, which we have seen in our installation ...

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