Execute functions apart from argparse which are defined in main in Python -

i'm using argparse use user arguments run functions in program running fine. i'm unable run other generic functions i'm calling in main(). skips functions without running , showing output. how do or doing wrong ?

let's in below program want functions mytop20 , listapps run using user arguments runs fine if remove boilerplate main() function objective run_in_main() function should run in main()

import argparse  def my_top20_func():     print "called my_top20_func"  def my_listapps_func():     print "called my_listapps_func"  def run_in_main():     print "called main"  parser = argparse.argumentparser() function_map = {'top20' : my_top20_func,                 'listapps' : my_listapps_func }  parser.add_argument('command', choices=function_map.keys())  args = parser.parse_args()  func = function_map[args.command] func()  if __name__ == "__main__":     run_in_main() 

as use case quite similar have taken above code here.

often parse_args put in main section runs when file used script, not when imported. in mind, i'd reorganize script as:

def main(args):     func = function_map[args.command]     func()  if __name__ == '__main__':     args = parser.parse_args()     main(args) 

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