NameError: name 'main' is not defined

[jolly]

hey guys,

When i try to run my code I get an error. NameError name 'main is not
defined'

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
 
filename = "addbook.dat"
 
def main():
theMenu = '''
1) Add Entry
2) Remove Entry
3) Find Entry
4) Quit and Save
'''
theBook = {}
readBook(theBook)
choice = getChoice(theMenu)
while choice != 4:
if choice == 1:
addEntry(book)
elif choice == 2:
removeEntry(book)
elif choice == 3:
findEntry(book)
else:
print "Invalid choice, try again."
choice = getChoice(theMenu)
saveBook(theBook)
 
 
def readbook(book):
import os
if os.path.exists(filename):
store = open(filename,'r')
for line in store:
name = line.rstrip()
entry = store.net().rstrip
book[name] = entry
store.close()
 
def saveBook(book):
store = open(filename,'w')
for name,entry in book.items():
store.write(name + '\n')
store.write(entry + '\n')
store.close()
 
def getChoice(menu):
print menu
choice = int( raw_input("Select a choice(1-4): ") )
return choice
 
def addEntry(book):
name=raw_input("Enter a name: ")
entry = raw_input("Enter a street, town and phone number: ")
book[name] = entry
 
def removeEntry(book):
name=raw_input("Enter a name: ")
del(book[name])
 
def findEntry(book):
name = raw_input("Enter a name: ")
if name in book:
print name, book[name]
else: print "Sorry, no entry for: ",name
 
 
 

[Robert Kern]

jolly wrote:

hey guys,

When i try to run my code I get an error. NameError name 'main is not
defined'

[code]
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

Put this at the end of the file. Currently, it is getting executed before the
code that defines main().

--
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco

[jolly]

thanks....