Beginner Help - class problem or string copy semantics?

[cmedcoff at my-dejanews.com]

As will soon be apparent I am totally new to Python. In the code fragment
below I expect to see the output "foobar", but I do not.  Can anyone tell me
why? All the bookstores seem to be out of "Learning Python".  Are they out of
print already or has the initial shipment still not released?

class Test:
    _name = ""
    def __init__(self, name):
        _name = name
    def show(self):
        print self._name


mytest = Test("foobar")
mytest.show()

Regards,
Chuck

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