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Re: How to import module whose filename starts number

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Yong Hu wrote:

> I have a few scripts whose file names start with numbers. For example,
> 01_step1.py, 02_step2.py
> 
> I tried to import them in another script by "import 01_step1" or "from
> 01_step1 import *". Both failed, saying "SyntaxError: invalid syntax"
> 
> Is there anyway to import those files? The file name must start with
> characters?

Or an underscore. The module name must be a valid identifier. In CPython you 
can hack around that restriction with 

step01 = __import__("01_step1")

but this "solution" is not portable and I recommend that you rename your 
scripts instead.

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How to import module whose filename starts number Yong Hu <yhu221300@gmail.com> - 2012-12-12 09:42 -0800
  Re: How to import module whose filename starts number Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-12-12 12:53 -0500
  Re: How to import module whose filename starts number Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-12-12 18:57 +0100
  Re: How to import module whose filename starts number Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2012-12-12 09:50 -0800

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