- Every file/module has a
__name__ variable
- If the file is the main file being run, its value is “
__main__”
- if it’s not, then its the file name
- When you use import, Python…
- Tries to find the module (if it fails it throws error)
- Runs the code in the module being imported!!
- Then returns to the original file that is run and executes remaining code
- To ignore the code on import:
# on the file that is being imported
# so that it only runs when its the main file being ran
if __name__ == "__main__":
# some code