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Re: Import Doesn't Import

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Date Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:28:26 -0400
Subject Re: Import Doesn't Import
From Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/2014 5:40 PM, ryguy7272 wrote:
>>
>> ImportError: No module named 'urllib2'
>> I'm telling Python to import because it doesn't exist and it throws an
>> error.  I don't get it; I just don't get it.  If I'm working with R, I can
>> import thousands of libraries with no errors whatsoever.  With Python, I
>> just get thousands of errors with nothing working whatsoever.  I totally
>> don't understand this language.  Import means import.  Right.  WTF!!!!!
>
>
> So, maybe Import doesn't mean import -- perhaps you expect import to
> retrieve content from the web and make it importable(1). That's not what
> python's import does. Python's version looks for a local module to import.
>
> I'd suggest starting with the tutorial.
>
> Emile
>
>
> (1) which would imply execution of arbitrary code.
>
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requests is a better choice than urllib


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    Re: Import Doesn't Import Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-15 22:43 -0400
    Re: Import Doesn't Import Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-16 09:01 +0100
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 11:54 +1100
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 18:12 -0700
  Re: Import Doesn't Import MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-10-16 02:13 +0100
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  Re: Import Doesn't Import Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-15 22:11 -0400
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-10-16 14:29 -0700
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 18:28 -0400
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-16 23:56 +0100

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