Python multiprocessing example not working

Question

I am trying to learn how to use multiprocessingbut I can\'t get it to work. Here is the code right out of the documentation

from multiprocessin         


        

Answer 1

It works.

I've marked the changes needed to make your sample run using comments:

from multiprocessing import Process

def f(name):
print 'hello', name #indent

if __name__ == '__main__':
    p = Process(target=f, args=('bob',))
    p.start()
    p.join()` # remove ` (grave accent)

result:

from multiprocessing import Process

def f(name):
    print 'hello', name

if __name__ == '__main__':
    p = Process(target=f, args=('bob',))
    p.start()
    p.join()

Output from my laptop after saving it as ex1.py:

reuts@reuts-K53SD:~/python_examples$ cat ex1.py 
#!/usr/bin/env python
from multiprocessing import Process

def f(name):
    print 'hello', name

if __name__ == '__main__':
    p = Process(target=f, args=('bob',))
    p.start()
    p.join()
reuts@reuts-K53SD:~/python_examples$ python ex1.py 
hello bob