What is my module name?

[Rich J]

> I have a module with a function below I
> use __name__ to return the module name.
> However, when I call the function from 
> outside, it returns '__builtin__'.  Is
> there a way to have this function return
> the module name regardless of where it
> is called?
> 
> def myName(): return __name__
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Clark

Clark,

You don't need to do that. If you want to know the name of the module
it is available after importing the module.

# Name.py
def myName():
    # code for myName
    ...


Now all you have to do is import the module:

import Name
# And here is where you can get the name of the module
name_of_module = Name.__name__  # = 'Name'