if __name__ == 'main':

[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-03-20, gtb <goodTweetieBird at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I often see the following 'if' construct in python code. What does
> this idiom accomplish?

It checks to see if the file is being run as the "main"
program, and does something if that is so.

> What happens if this is not main?

Nothing.

> How did I get here if it is not main?

By importing the file.

> if __name__ == 'main':
>    myQuest('myQuest').Run()
>


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