title: How do I use cython?
body: <p>I am looking for a simple example of the use of cython.</p>
  
  <p>First, I installed cython via pip in python 3.5.2
  Second, I installed the CodeBlocks IDE with minGW compiler. Do I need anything else? </p>
  
  <p>I simply want to convert my Python code to C. How can I do that? Basically I want only a c file to execute with CodeBlocks. I followed the tutorial for hello world: <a href="http://docs.cython.org/src/tutorial/cython_tutorial.html" rel="nofollow">http://docs.cython.org/src/tutorial/cython_tutorial.html</a> but when I copy paste this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ python setup.py build_ext --inplace
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to the command prompt it says that $ is not recognized. I think $ is for Linux and I have windows 10 so I pasted without $ but this did not work either.</p>
  
  <p>I want to execute not like tutorial say but I want simply the C file to run from CodeBlocks if this is possible.</p>
  
  <p>After these I simply executed the <code>setup.py</code> from the tutorial by my own which created a helloworld.c file. I tried to run it through CodeBlocks but an error occurred.</p>
  
  <p>So is there a simple way to use cython?</p>