Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.lang.python > #34715

Re: How to import module whose filename starts number

Show all headers | View raw

[Multipart message — attachments visible in raw view] - view raw

On Dec 12, 2012 9:47 AM, "Yong Hu" <yhu221300@gmail.com> 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?
> --

I believe the restriction is that the module names must be valid
identifiers. You may still be able to import them using __import__ and then
assign the resulting module object to a valid name.
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Back to comp.lang.python | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

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

csiph-web