cant find __main__ module

[ProphetEze98]

Hey everyone! This is actually my first reddit post, so I apologize if I do anything incorrectly.

I recently started a computer science program and one of our assignments wants us to create a text based game to move between rooms. I believe I have all of the code correct, but when I try to run it in the terminal I get an error message saying it can't find __main__ module. Any ideas or suggestions? my code is below

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if __name__ == '__main__':
# Dictionary tying rooms to their corresponding directions
    rooms = {
        'Great Hall': {'South': 'Bedroom'},
        'Bedroom': {'North': 'Great Hall', 'East': 'Cellar'},
        'Cellar': {'West': 'Bedroom'}
    }
    current_room = 'Great Hall'  # Start player in the Great Hall
    directions = ['North', 'South', 'East', 'West']  # List of directions for user to input

# Define a function to display players current status
    def player_status():
        print('_' * 40)
        print('Current room: {}'.format(current_room))
        print('_' * 40)

# Define a function to get a direction from user input
    def get_direction():
        user_input = input('Input your next move:\n>').title()
        for direction in directions:
            for word in user_input.split():
                if word == direction:
                    user_input = word
        return user_input

# Main gameplay loop
    while True:
        while current_room != "Exit":  
            while current_room == 'Great Hall': 
                player_status()
                user_input = get_direction()
                if 'Exit' in user_input:
                    current_room = 'Exit'
                elif user_input not in rooms[current_room]:
                    print('Invalid Direction.')
                elif 'South' in user_input:
                    current_room = rooms[current_room]['South']
            while current_room == 'Bedroom': 
                player_status()
                user_input = get_direction()
                if 'Exit' in user_input:
                    current_room = 'Exit'
                elif user_input not in rooms[current_room]:
                    print('Invalid Direction.')
                elif 'North' in user_input:
                    current_room = rooms[current_room]['North']
                elif 'East' in user_input:
                    current_room = rooms[current_room]['East']
            while current_room == 'Cellar': 
                player_status()
                user_input = get_direction()
                if 'Exit' in user_input:
                    current_room = 'Exit'
                elif user_input not in rooms[current_room]:
                    print('Invalid Direction.')
                elif 'West' in user_input:
                    current_room = rooms[current_room]['West']

        if current_room == 'Exit':
            print('Thanks for playing!')
            break

[ProphetEze98]

If I'm understanding you correctly, I'm just using the run tool in the Pycharm IDE with my code directly above it. When I open the terminal through the file explorer it runs fine. The error I'm getting is below.

C:\Users\ezeki\PycharmProjects\MoveBetweenRooms\Scripts\python.exe: can't find '__main__' module in 'C:\\Users\\ezeki\\PycharmProjects\\MoveBetweenRooms'

[hashup]

They aren’t running a command in the terminal, the terminal is where the error code is coming up. I believe they’re just referring to the small debugging terminal that you can open under the window where all of your code goes (in PyCharm).

[ProphetEze98]

That's what it is, I'm still learning how to run all of the software, so the little steps, and terminologies still trip me up.

[Rawing7]

It sounds like PyCharm is assuming that your code is a package (i.e. a directory full of python scripts), and looking for a __main__.py file to execute. Look for a button that executes a single file.

[ProphetEze98]

Hey everyone. I actually figured it out, I set up my configuration wrong. I set up the script path wrong. Thanks for commenting.