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--- python:python_misc:python_modules_name_and_main [2022/10/22 01:48] – [Python modules, __name__ and '__main__'] mithat
+++ python:python_misc:python_modules_name_and_main [2022/10/22 01:52] (current) – [What’s in a __name__?] mithat
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 ====== Python modules, __name__ and "__main__" ======
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 ===== What's a module? =====
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 ===== What’s in a __name__? =====
-Every Python file that’s used in a program has a ''%%__name__%%'' variable associated with it. When a file is imported as a module, the file’s ''%%__name__%%'' variable is set to a string containing the name of the module. So, in the example above, the ''%%__name__%%'' variable of the ''%%my_functions%%'' module while when it's imported into our program is ''%%'my_functions'%%''.
+Every Python file that’s used in a program has a ''%%__name__%%'' variable associated with it. When a file is imported as a module, the file’s ''%%__name__%%'' variable is automatically set to a string containing the name of the module. So, in the example above, the ''%%__name__%%'' variable of the ''%%my_functions%%'' module while when it's imported into our program is ''%%'my_functions'%%''.
-However, when the file is //not// imported as a module, which is to say when a file is run as a program, its ''%%__name__%%'' variable is set to the somewhat cryptic string ''%%'__main__'%%''. This is done so that at runtime, the we can determine whether a file is being imported as a module or is being run as a program. If a file is being run as a program, the condition:
+However, when the file is //not// imported as a module, which is to say when a file is run as a program, its ''%%__name__%%'' variable is instead set to the somewhat cryptic string ''%%'__main__'%%''. This is done so that at runtime we can determine whether a file is being imported as a module or is being run as a program. If a file is being run as a program, the condition:
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