[Tutor] __name__=='__main__'

[Michael Lewis]

Hi everyone,

I am having some trouble understanding how to use __name__== '__main__'.
Can you please give me some insight? Also, to use this, it needs to be
within a function? Do you typically just throw it in your very last
function or create a separate function just for this? I at first put it
outside and after all my functions but got the error below and then put it
inside my last function and the program ran. (side note, I have an error in
my return for MultiplyText that I am still trying to work out, so you can
ignore that part).

Code:

'''homework 5_1'''

def MultiplyText(text, multiplier):
    '''Recieve a S. For digits in S, multiply by multiplier and return
updated S.'''
    for num in text:
        return ''.join(str(int(num) * multiplier) if num.isdigit() else num
for num in text)


def GetUserInput():
    '''Get S & multiplier. Test multiplier.isdigit(). Call
MultiplyText(text, multiplier)'''
    while True:
        text = raw_input('Enter some text: ')
        multiplier = raw_input('Enter a multiplier: ')
        try:
            multiplier.isdigit()
            break
        except ValueError:
            continue
    new_text = MultiplyText(text, multiplier)
    return new_text

    if __name == '__main__':
        print GetUserInput()

Error I got when __name == ' __main__' was outside of any function:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Python27/Homework/Homework5_1.py", line 24, in <module>
    if __name == '__main__':
NameError: name '__name' is not defined

-- 
Michael J. Lewis
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