''' Purpose: help introduce tester statement if ( __name__ == '__main__' ) ''' def f() : ''' Purpose: be a function ''' return 1112 ''' # test function f() result = f() print( 'testing result:', result ) ''' ''' if ( __name__ == '__main__' ): # __name__ is a built in python variable. import im_a_tester_program # it is set to the string '__main__' if # you are running the file as a program # it is set to the name of the file if # the file is being imported '''