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'

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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....

NameError: name 'main' is not defined

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