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Re: Import Doesn't Import

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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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Import Doesn't Import ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 17:40 -0700
  Re: Import Doesn't Import ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 17:44 -0700
    Re: Import Doesn't Import Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 18:19 -0700
    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
  Python 3 is the active language, recommended for newcomers (was: Import Doesn't Import) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-10-16 12:35 +1100
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2014-10-15 18:21 -0700
  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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