[Tutor] __name__=='__main__'

[Alan Gauld]

On 21/02/12 03:07, Michael Lewis wrote:
> Now that I am better understanding '__name__'=='__main__',

 > if '__name__' == '__main__':
 >      GetUserInput()

Note that __name__ is a variable so it should NOT have quotes around it.
What you are doing is comparing two literal strings which are obviously 
different so the if block never gets executed.

It has to be:

if __name__ == '__main__':
       GetUserInput()


HTH

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