if __name__=='__main__': main()

[Peter Hansen]

Andrew Henshaw wrote:
> 
> jaime suarez wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to run a script from IDLE and
> > I get an error message saying
> >
> >     main()
> >          ^
> > SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >
> Does your code look something like this?
> 
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     main()
> 
> def main():
>     print 'spam'
> 
> If so, then you will need to move the definition before its use, like so:

This would lead to a NameError, not a SyntaxError, so it's unfortunately
not likely the cause, valid though your advice is.

-Peter