unit testing - Pycharm won't allow to run a file. Shows run unittest option only.

Question

I have a file and it has bunch of methods starting with prefix "test". Now I want to run this file and it has a __name__ == "__main__" construct which sets it up. However, when I right click or go to run menu bar, It (Pycharm) only shows me "Run Unittests in xxx". This is very annoying behaviour.

Can someone please tell me how to avoid this.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20835466/pycharm-wont-allow-to-run-a-file-shows-run-unittest-option-only

Answer 1

If you right-click inside the 'if name == "main"' block, it will show you the regular "Run script" option instead of "Run unit test". After that, you can save the created run configuration and use it to run the script.