Python main call within class

Question

I haven t done much python - coming from a C Java background - so excuse me for asking such a simple question  I am using Pydev in Eclipse to write this simple program  and all I want it to do is to execute my main function    class Example     if   name         main         Example   main           lt ----- What goes here        def main self                print  Hello World    That is what I have now  I have also tried   self main      and   main     and   main self    none of which work  What am I missing

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Remember  you are NOT allowed to do this  class foo        def print hello self           print  quot Hello quot           This next line will produce an ERROR      self print hello            lt ---- it calls a class function  inside a class                                 but outside a class function  Not allowed   You must call a class function from either outside the class  or from within a function in that class

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Well  first  you need to actually define a function before you can run it  and it doesn t need to be called main   For instance   class Example object       def run self           print  Hello  world    if   name         main         Example   run     You don t need to use a class  though - if all you want to do is run some code  just put it inside a function and call the function  or just put it in the if block   def main        print  Hello  world    if   name         main         main     or  if   name         main         print  Hello  world

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That entire block is misplaced   class Example object       def main self                print  Hello World    if   name         main         Example   main     But you really shouldn t be using a class just to run your main code

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