johnny wrote: > What is the purpose of > if __name__ == "__main__": > > If you have a module, does it get called automatically? >
It is a common pattern to make one and the same source file usable as a program and as a module. When you import some python module its __name__ is never "__main__". When you run a python script __name__ is always "__main__". This way you can control what shall happen when you run the source file as a standalone program. To put it simple: Everything in the `if __name__ == "__main__":` block is only executed when you run the source file as a program. Hope that helps, -- Soni Bergraj http://www.YouJoy.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
