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Hi,
what is the procedure for running python example algorithms locally? I was able to run python in the cloud very easily but the source distribution readme still refers to IronPython. Do I change the language in the config.json to Python and then give the python module name as the algorithm name in config.json? I have used Python.net a lot from within python but I see that you are using nPython.exe, which frightens me since it hints that maybe you are calling python from inside your c# code instead of the other way around?
Alexandre Catarino
We are a little behind on documentation and examples. The readme will be updated shortly.
In order to run algorithm written in Python locally, we need to edit the config.json:
"algorithm-type-name": "BasicTemplateAlgorithm", "algorithm-language": "Python", "algorithm-location": "../../../Algorithm.Python/BasicTemplateAlgorithm.py",Actually we only use nPython.exe to compile the python scripts for error checking.
The engine calls python from inside the C# engine and the other way around.
Like C# algorithms, the python module has a class that inherits from QCAlgorithm. After we import the module in C#, we create an instance of that python class and make it "act like" an instance of QCAlgorithm. That way, the object is modified by both python and C# which, being the engine, is also responsible for sending events to handlers that may be overridden in python.
George coles
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