Thanks for the explanation of "main". Some tutorials mention it, some
don't. I have written some not trial Python programs and have never had a
real need to use that convention, but at least I understand it now.
--Bill
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Tim Harig wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:08 AM, m b wrote:
>>> > if __name__ == "__main__":
>>> > main()
>>
>> What does this mean?
It is a Python idiom and a good practice. Strictly speaking it is
unnecessary. Python doesn't recognize any functional initialization
vector other then the start of the file. W
On 12/1/2010 12:08 PM, m b wrote:
>
>
>> >
>> > if __name__ == "__main__":
>> > main()
>
> What does this mean?
>
> /Mikael
>
It's a standard way of allowing programs to test themselves. When a
module is imported its __name__ attribute us bound to the name of the
module. When the module is run
On 01/12/2010 17:08, m b wrote:
> >
> > if __name__ == "__main__":
> > main()
What does this mean?
/Mikael
Python will not cause the main() function to run automatically when you
execute the script, it has to be called.
__name__ is a special variable which is set by the python interpre
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:08 PM, m b wrote:
>
>
>> >
>> > if __name__ == "__main__":
>> > main()
>
> What does this mean?
>
> /Mikael
>
Every module has an attribute called __name__. Normally, it's the name
of the module itself. However, the module being run as a script
(rather than imported) is
m b wrote:
> >
> > if __name__ == "__main__":
> > main()
What does this mean?
/Mikael
__name__ is an attribute of the module. Usually it is set to the module
name, except when the module is acutally executed as the entry point, in
that case __name__ is set to '__main__'.
foo.py:
print __n
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:08 AM, m b wrote:
>> >
>> > if __name__ == "__main__":
>> > main()
>
> What does this mean?
See http://effbot.org/pyfaq/tutor-what-is-if-name-main-for.htm
(which is the 3rd Google hit for "__main__")
Cheers,
Chris
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> >
> > if __name__ == "__main__":
> > main()
What does this mean?
/Mikael
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Tim Harig wrote:
On 2010-12-01, goldtech wrote:
Start
Main
Global Var
Subprogram1
Subprogram2
Subprogram3
End of Main
End
module_wide_var = value
def Subprogram1:
# code
def Subprogram2:
# code
def Subprogram3:
# code
def main:
Subpr
On 2010-12-01, goldtech wrote:
> Start
> Main
> Global Var
> Subprogram1
> Subprogram2
> Subprogram3
> End of Main
> End
module_wide_var = value
def Subprogram1:
# code
def Subprogram2:
# code
def Subprogram3:
# code
def main:
Subprogram1()
Hi,
Could someone link me to info - I'm sure this is commonly done:
"Long ago" with Fortran and Pascal there was a pattern used a lot. It
was like:
Start
Main
Global Var
Subprogram1
Subprogram2
Subprogram3
End of Main
End
The global var was a var that all the subprograms could a
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