NameError: name '__main__' is not defined

[Xavier Ho]

Try

if __name__ == '__main__'

:],
Xav


On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I try the following code. I don't quite understand why __main__ is not
> defined. Could somebody let me know what I am wrong about it?
>
> Regards,
> Peng
>
> $ cat test.py
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> if __main__ == '__main__' :
>  print "Hello World!\n"
> $ ./test.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "./test.py", line 3, in <module>
>    if __main__ == '__main__' :
> NameError: name '__main__' is not defined
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