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Mark Amery
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if __name__ == "__main__" is the part that runs when the script is run from (say) the command line using a command like python myscript.py.

*args allows you to give the function more arguments than are explicitly required in the function definition.

if __name__ == "__main__" is the part that runs when the script is run from (say) the command line using a command like python myscript.py.

*args allows you to give the function more arguments than are explicitly required in the function definition.

if __name__ == "__main__" is the part that runs when the script is run from (say) the command line using a command like python myscript.py.

Expanded "defined"
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S.Lott
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if __name__ == "__main__" is the part that runs when the script is run from (say) the command line using a command like python myscript.py.

*args allows you to give the function more arguments than are explicitly setrequired in the function definition.

if __name__ == "__main__" is the part that runs when the script is run from (say) the command line using a command like python myscript.py.

*args allows you to give the function more arguments than are explicitly set.

if __name__ == "__main__" is the part that runs when the script is run from (say) the command line using a command like python myscript.py.

*args allows you to give the function more arguments than are explicitly required in the function definition.

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Harley Holcombe
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if __name__ == "__main__" is the part that runs when the script is run from (say) the command line using a command like python myscript.py.

*args allows you to give the function more arguments than are explicitly set.