Parsing the commands to another software interface using python

Question

I am using python to generate command list for another software interface. Using command

sensorik.cmd('list curve')

will put the text

list curve

in that interface and it lists all curves in that program up to that point. Now I have to introduce a loop of commands, here is a sample

sideset 1 curve 1
sideset 2 curve 2
sideset 3 curve 3

I used

for curveID in range (1, 4):
print "sideset %d curve %d" % (curveID, curveID)
sensorik.cmd('print "sideset %d curve %d" % (curveID, curveID)')
sensorik.cmd('sideset %d curve %d" % (curveID, curveID)')

This however, doesnot work and the interface gets the command

print "sideset %d curve %d" % (curveID, curveID)

and it does print the required text on the shell prompt but does not parse it to the software when used in sensorik.cmd. Instead the software gets

print "sideset %d curve %d" % (curveID, curveID)
print "sideset %d curve %d" % (curveID, curveID)
print "sideset %d curve %d" % (curveID, curveID)

any suggestions?

• Open AI - Opting Out: What about sensorik.cmd('print "sideset %d curve %d"' % (curveID, curveID))?
• Hamad Hassan: @PeterWood, it is giving an error. ERROR: <stdin>, line 77 Unrecognized Keyword: 'print'
• Open AI - Opting Out: Should the other software understand print?
• Hamad Hassan: It should not understand.. it should only get the result generated by our commands.. like print "sideset %d curve %d" % (curveID, curveID) prints the text as sideset 1 curve 1 from curveID=1.. the software should only get this text of sideset 1 curve 1.
• Hamad Hassan: You suggest like sensorik.cmd('sideset %d curve %d' % (curveID, curveID)) ? or

Answer 1

Why not:

cmd = 'print "sideset %d curve %d" %% (curveID, curveID)' % (curveID, curveID)
sensorik.cmd( cmd )

You need %% to escape percent symbol as here pointed out.

• Hamad Hassan: it is giving the error: ERROR: <stdin>, line 77 Unrecognized Keyword: 'print'
• knh190: @HamadHassan It's not the question (you asked) about constructing the command. You make what you need. ex. use echo for bash instead of print. Or just remove if it shouldn't be used.