On 3/29/06, Kaushal Shriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ALL > > Just wanted to know the detailed explanation about the below statement > > if __name__ == "__main__":
Simple answer - any python program you write is effectively a 'module'. Modules have an attribute __name__. If you've imported the module from elsewhere, the __name__ is set to the name of the module, otherwise it is __name__. This means that you can write a test that says:If the code we're trying to run is the main program, go ahead and start running the functions we need. You can read more about it here: http://swaroopch.info/text/Byte_of_Python:Modules and also here: http://diveintopython.org/getting_to_know_python/testing_modules.html More detailed info here: http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/import.html S. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
