On 14/06/12 23:18, Alexander Quest wrote:
so far, there is no variable called "_name_", and even if there was,
why is it comparing it to "_main_"? Why can't the main function just
Note that in both cases there are two '_' characters before and after
the name. __name__ and '__main__'. Double underscores usually indicates
a special variable used by Python internally.
Thus __name__ is something that Python sets when the file is either
imported or run, as others have already explained.
HTH
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Alan G
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