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Demo of running separate python script as subprocess and capturing output.
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capture_output_from_script.py
# output.py (separate file)
print(37.234)
# capture_output_from_script.py
import subprocess
# run output.py as subprocess and capture output, format it, convert to float, and print
x = float(subprocess.check_output('python output.py', shell=True, text=True).strip())
print(x)
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