How does IPython's magic %paste work?
ipython, python
Solution
You can't copy to IPython directly. This are the steps:
- Copy the lines you want to copy into IPython into the clipboard
- Enter `%paste` into IPython
- Press enter
- Profit!
Problem
I want to copy already indented Python code / whole functions and classes into IPython. Everytime I try the indentation is screwed up and I get following error message: `IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level (<ipython-input-23-354f8c8be51b>, line 12)` `If you want to paste code into IPython, try the %paste and %cpaste magic functions.`