Programmatically get current Ipython notebook cell output?

Question

I have an imported function that runs in an IPython notebook (input cell X) which produces an output (in output cell X). After the function runs, I have some more code (also

Answer 1

You can get the output of the cell X by using _ or Out[X]. Such as:

In [1]: 2 + 35
Out[1]: 37
In [2]: _ + 3
Out[2]: 40 
In [3]: lst = [i for i in range(5)]
        lst
Out[3]: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
In [4]: Out[1] #Using the output of Cell 1
Out[4]: 37
In [5]: Out[3][1] #Using the output of Cell 3
Out[5]: 1

Here, If you want to get the output of the previous cell, then you can use _. You can use two (__) or three underscores(___) as well to refer to output of the next previous and next-next previous cells respectively.

However, if you have many cells in the notebook and you want to refer some particular cell, then Out[X] will be helpful.