Question

I have a function and I want it to execute. Does anyone know how to do this?

def a():

    a = 'print'
    print a

Answer 1

To do this you just use.

a()

If you want this for use inside the current file use:

if __name__ == '__main__': a()

And if you want to pass the variable a on for use in other functions use:

if __name__ == '__main__': b = a()

The ‘b’ being the variable and ‘a’ being the function you have defined.

So the whole function could look like this:

def a():

    b = 'print'
    print b

if __name__ == '__main__': b = a()