What does if __name__ == "__main__": do?
Short Answer It’s boilerplate code that protects users from accidentally invoking the script when they didn’t intend to. Here are some common problems when the guard is omitted from a script: If you import the guardless script in another script (e.g. import my_script_without_a_name_eq_main_guard), then the second script will trigger the first to run at import … Read more