how do i start my agrument?

[Netwatcher]

hello, i am new to python and programming in general, i would like to know how to
use the "call" command

my code is something like this

def con():
    input = raw_input('Press y to start:')
    if input == "y" or "Y":
        return(menu_1())
    else:
        print 'OMG YA NOOB I SAID PRESS y!'
        return    
def menu_1():
    print '(1) Write noob to start "Stupid Program"' 
    print '(2) Write calc to start "Talking"'
    print '(3) This section is under construction'
    print '(4) This section is under construction'
    input2 = raw_input('Insert text here \n'*1)

now, how do i make it work when i activate it's .py file???
it just won't start, i think i need to make it activate automaticlly without the need to write the con() at the start, how do i do that?
do i need to use the __init__ or __call__ thingy i have no idea how to use it, yes i searched the web, but it wasnt very newby-friendly!
please help me!

[Laharl]

You can run your files from the command line with

python filename.py args

, where filename.py is the name of the file with your code in it and args are any command line arguments to the file. As to how you call a function, you simply use function(params).

For example:

def hello():
   print "Hello, world!"
 
def sum(x, y):
   return x+y
 
if '__name__' == '__main__': not strictly necessary, but a useful trick to know
    hello() #calls hello
    z = sum(3, 4) #returns 3+4=7
    print z
 

[Netwatcher]

thank you, that was very helpful, another question, how do i use py2exe on that?
what do i need to do so it will start like that automaticlly so i can make it exe?
(just wondering)

[Netwatcher]

PS,
i am suppused to write "start Taco.py Base()" in the cmd????
(aftter i "cd" to the folder which the file is in)
im frustrated...

for the code

def Base():
    input=raw_input('Enter X here to start playing X-')
    if input=="X":
        return(Game())
    elif input=="q":
             exit(0) ...

[Laharl]

No, the command is 'python Taco.py' because the name of your file is Taco.py. To make it start by running that code, remove the indentation (and take it out of that function while you're at it).

I don't know anything about py2exe, sorry. I stick to Linux for my Python work...