Thanks! You were right about the double underscore, however, I am still getting the error on line 7...hrmm any other ideas?
On 5/19/05, Max Noel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 19, 2005, at 22:18, Chelan Farsight wrote: > > > I am using the online book Dive Into Python. > > I ran the first program given and have run into an error on line 7 at > > the colon. Now I imagine that there is probably a corrections page at > > the site, but I am interested in knowing why it won't work as much as > > what I need to do to correct it. Any help would be appreciated. The > > script follows: > > > > > > if_name_ == "_main_": > > The number of underscores is incorrect. "Magic" names in Python > start and end with two underscores. The line should be changed to: > > > if __name__ == "__main__": > > > Hope that helps, > -- Max > maxnoel_fr at yahoo dot fr -- ICQ #85274019 > "Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting > and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you challenge > a perfect, immortal machine?" > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
