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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Beginner Q: What does the double underscore __ mean? |
| Date | 2012-09-09 12:23 +0100 |
| References | <3dcd70d0-17b5-40a4-803a-eed66639b6e7@googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.415.1347189902.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 09/09/2012 12:03, StarPilgrim wrote: > Hi all, > Brand new to python. I was wondering what the __ underscore means? > For example, there is a line of code: > > __name__=='__main__' > > > and I don't know what the double underscore is used for. > Start here http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#specialnames -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence.
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Beginner Q: What does the double underscore __ mean? StarPilgrim <aaronpil@gmail.com> - 2012-09-09 04:03 -0700
Re: Beginner Q: What does the double underscore __ mean? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-09 12:23 +0100
Re: Beginner Q: What does the double underscore __ mean? Dave Angel <davea@dejaviewphoto.com> - 2012-09-09 08:39 -0400
Re: Beginner Q: What does the double underscore __ mean? hamilton <hamilton@nothere.com> - 2012-09-09 10:04 -0600
Re: Beginner Q: What does the double underscore __ mean? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-09 16:54 -0400
Re: Beginner Q: What does the double underscore __ mean? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-09 22:05 +0000
Re: Beginner Q: What does the double underscore __ mean? Bryan <bryanjugglercryptographer@yahoo.com> - 2012-09-09 22:38 -0700
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