[FIXED] Google Collab How to show value of assignments?

Issue

I am working on this python notebook in Google Collab: https://github.com/AllenDowney/ModSimPy/blob/master/notebooks/chap01.ipynb

I had to change the configuration line because the one stated in the original was erroring out:

# Configure Jupyter to display the assigned value after an assignment

# Line commented below because errors out
# %config InteractiveShell.ast_node_interactivity='last_expr_or_assign'

# Edit solution given below
%config InteractiveShell.ast_node_interactivity='last_expr'

However, I think the original statement was meant to show values of assignments (if I'm not mistaken), so that when I run the following cell in the notebook, I should see an output:

meter = UNITS.meter
second = UNITS.second
a = 9.8 * meter / second**2

If so how can I make the notebook on google collab show output of assignments?

Solution

Google Colab has not yet been upgraded to the latest IPython version- if you explicitly upgrade with

!pip install -U ipython 

then last_expr_or_assign will work.

Answered By - Angel Cloudwalker