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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

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Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.