Thanks Walter; I believe I understand the reasoning behind it, though not
all of the mechanics, but for now, your answer is more than sufficient.
-Alex
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Walter Prins wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> On 14 June 2012 23:18, Alexander Quest wrote:
> > if __name__ == '__main__
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__'.
On 6/14/2012 3:18 PM Alexander Quest said...
[Resending because I messed up on last email]
My question was regarding a piece of boilerplate code:
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
__name__ within a python module is either '__main__' when invoked
directly from a command line, or contains
Hi Alex,
On 14 June 2012 23:18, Alexander Quest wrote:
> if __name__ == '__main__':
> main()
>
> This calls the main function, but I don't understand what the 'if' statement
> is doing here. In the simple programs that I've seen this so far, there is
> no variable called "_name_", and even if t
On 06/14/2012 06:18 PM, Alexander Quest wrote:
> [Resending because I messed up on last email]
>
> My question was regarding a piece of boilerplate code:
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
> main()
>
> This calls the main function, but I don't understand what the 'if'
> statement is doing here. In
[Resending because I messed up on last email]
My question was regarding a piece of boilerplate code:
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
This calls the main function, but I don't understand what the 'if'
statement is doing here. In the simple programs that I've seen this so far,
there is no vari
Got it Dave- sorry about not sending it to the newsgroup as well.
My question was regarding a piece of boilerplate code:
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
This calls the main function, but I don't understand what the 'if'
statement is doing here. In the simple programs that I've seen this so f
On 14/06/12 20:19, Tom Avos wrote:
Yes, If I open the file from the IDLE and then I press "f5" it works,
but I want to know why it does not work if I write the filename after
the ">>>" prompt . That way is much more handy, I would like to make it
work.
Its not really the same but you can just
Thanks!!
De: Emile van Sebille
Para: tutor@python.org
Enviado: jueves, 14 de junio de 2012 16:35
Asunto: Re: [Tutor] Trouble running Python on Windows Vista
On 6/14/2012 12:19 PM Tom Avos said...
> Yes, If I open the file from the IDLE and then I press "f5"
On 6/14/2012 12:19 PM Tom Avos said...
Yes, If I open the file from the IDLE and then I press "f5" it works,
but I want to know why it does not work if I write the filename after
the ">>>" prompt . That way is much more handy, I would like to make it
work.
Once you've got the >>> prompt you're
Yes, If I open the file from the IDLE and then I press "f5" it works, but I
want to know why it does not work if I write the filename after the ">>>"
prompt . That way is much more handy, I would like to make it work.
De: Kwpolska
Para: Tom Avos
Enviado:
De: Tom Avos
Para: "Flynn, Stephen (L & P - IT)"
Enviado: jueves, 14 de junio de 2012 13:19
Asunto: Re: [Tutor] Trouble running Python on Windows Vista
Great! You're right.. It works from the Command Line :-)
So, how should I call it inside the IDLE?? ...
On 14/06/12 16:30, Tom Avos wrote:
It works fine when working in Interactive Mode or by Opening a .py file
from the IDLE and then running it by pressing F5, but I can not run .py
files by invoking them from the prompt (neither from IDLE nor Dos
Command Line);
It looks like you are trying to r
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Tom Avos wrote:
> Hi there,
> I'm learning Python. I have to work with a Notebook running Widows Vista
> Home Premium.(have no other choice)
> It works fine when working in Interactive Mode or by Opening a .py file
> from the IDLE and then running it by pressing F
Hi there,
I'm learning Python. I have to work with a Notebook running Widows Vista Home
Premium.(have no other choice)
It works fine when working in Interactive Mode or by Opening a .py file from
the IDLE and then running it by pressing F5, but I can not run .py files by
invoking them from the
Op 14-06-12 04:44, Benjamin Fishbein schreef:
Thanks. I'm trying to automatically post text to a web page from
Python and retrieve the resultant page. It's not just name and
password, though; I need to do it over and over again with chunks of
info from a list.
The page seems to be using POST.
On 14/06/12 03:44, Benjamin Fishbein wrote:
etc. I guess Python didn't come standard with a module that could do
what I wanted...
Which is the best module to get for this?
Python does come with low level modules that you can use but its a lot
of work. The suggested add ins are generally easie
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