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