HOC accessing Python

This section describes how one can interact with Python from HOC code.

nrnpython()

Syntax:

nrnpython("any python statement")

Description:

Executes any python statement. Returns 1 on success; 0 if an exception was raised or if python support is not available.

In particular, python_available = nrnpython("") is 1 (true) if python support is available and 0 (false) if python support is not available.

Example:

nrnpython("import sys")
nrnpython("print(sys.path)")
nrnpython("a = [1,2,3]")
nrnpython("print(a)")
nrnpython("import hoc")
nrnpython("hoc.execute('print PI')")

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