[Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 96, Issue 83

[Michael Lewis]

> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Michael Lewis <mjolewis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  I at first put it outside and after all my functions but got the error
> below
>
> That's the right place for it, you just spelled it wrong.
>
> > and then put it inside my last function and the program ran.
>
> That's not the right place for it.  Your program ran, but only because
> nothing ever called your GetUserInput() function any more.


Now I am confused. I fixed the spelling and put it outside all my
functions; however, the code now runs WITHOUT me explicitly importing it.

def MultiplyText(text, multiplier):
    '''Recieve a S & int. For digits in S, multiply by multiplier and
return updated S.'''
    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)'''
    text = raw_input('Enter some text: ')
    while True:
        multiplier = raw_input('Enter a multiplier: ')
        try:
            multiplier = int(multiplier)
            break
        except ValueError:
            continue
    return MultiplyText(text.split(), multiplier)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    GetUserInput()

>
> > 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
>
> It needs to be spelled "__name__" -- that's two underscores on each side.
>
> --
> Jerry
>
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