For questions about importing modules in Python
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Print variable from other file with raw_input
So I'm just starting out on a project here. For starters, I have two files.
The first file is myDict.py. In there I store variables that I want to be able to fetch.
myDict.py:
numbers = [1, 5, 8, ...
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Linting .py files run-time as they are loaded in Python
Does CPython interpreter provide any hooks to grab and inspect .py source files as they are being loaded?
I was thinking if PEP 666 http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0666/ could be implemented with ...
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Keeping Python packages with the same top-level name in different directories
I have several Python packages that I'd like to keep on separate filesystems but which unfortunately share the same top-level module name.
To illustrate, the directory structure looks like this:
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Python Module Imports
I am importing a module
from Boards import CheckerBoardModule
CheckerBoardModule includes a class called CheckerBoard
When I want to use it, I need to call CheckerBoardModule.CheckerBoard, rather ...
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py2app ImportError with watchdog
I am attempting to use py2app to bundle a small Python app that I've made in Python 2.7 on Mac. My app uses the Watchdog library, which is imported at the top of my main file:
from watchdog.observers ...
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Python: Running a strip of code unless imported
I have a file that I'm importing into my program (say a file with dictionaries). At the beginning of this file I want to put a strip of code which prints that this is not the main file and then ...
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Why does it take longer to import a function from a module than the entire module itself?
Consider:
>>> timeit.timeit('from win32com.client import Dispatch', number=100000)
0.18883283882571789
>>> timeit.timeit('import win32com.client', number=100000)
0.1275979248277963
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Jenkins runs imported python script before main python script
I have a main build script which every jenkins job executes. This main script gets the job name(from Jenkins) and then executes the relevant script for that job name. Right now, I'm using ...
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Difference between Numpy and Numpy-MKL?
I wanted to test some signal processing and statistics using SciPy.
So I had to use scipy.signal and scipy.stats, but I always used to get an error:
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module ...
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1answer
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Select a module using importlib and use in multiprocessing functions
I'd like to select in my main function which module to import based on an argument passed to the Python script. So, I'm using one of
blah = importlib.import_module("blah1")
blah = ...
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ImportError when importing certain modules from SciPY
I have used Scipy for some time. This is the first time I am using it for Signal processing!
But when I import modules like
from scipy import signal
from scipy import special
I get the error:
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ImportError: No module named statsmodels.api
I'm new in python and have this problem. I have install Pandas, Numpy, Scipy, and I install Stats Models with apt-get install python-statsmodels, but when I try to use:
import statsmodels.api as sm
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1answer
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“import numpy” tries to load my own package
I have a python (2.7) project containing my own packages util and operator (and so forth).
I read about relative imports, but perhaps I didn't understand. I have the following directory structure:
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2answers
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Accessing Python's “print” function from the globals dictionary
Apologies in advance for conflating functions and methods, I don't have time at the moment to sort out the terminology but I'm aware of the distinction (generally).
I'm trying to control what ...
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update module on import to python interpreter
In short
How to force python interpreter to load the most up-to-date code version of my module everytime I make some changes in the module code?
Or at least reload the last modified version by ...
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1answer
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Can't import module from library
I have a script that requires two other modules to be loaded from another folder in the same directory as the script.
In the main script I have the line:
from modules import *
But I keep getting ...
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2answers
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Python : How to access file from different directory
I have the following project structure
SampleProject
com
python
example
source
utils
ConfigManager.py
conf
...
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How can one Python module break another?
After several hours of debugging and trial and error, I found that importing two independent Python modules caused a function in one of them to stop working.
import arcpy
# works
sde_conn = ...
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Using sys.meta_path
Please help me with this problem .
I have a test platform written in python and seek to make a kind of "personal
developement space "- I will call it in the bellow text as PDS.
Basically it should ...
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How to temporarily modify sys.path in Python?
In one of my testing scripts in Python I use this pattern several times:
sys.path.insert(0, "somedir")
mod = __import__(mymod)
sys.path.pop(0)
Is there a more concise way to temporarily modify the ...
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1answer
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Multiple imports in python as the same keyword
I am more or less a python noob and while getting my hands dirty, in one of the modules I am using, I encountered this statement:
from django.utils.translation import ugettext, ugettext_lazy as _
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reload/reimport a file/class that is imported using from * import *
well, as the title say, i got a group of import, all import a class, all in the same folder as the script running it:
from lvl import lvl
from get import get
from image import image
from video import ...
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Script runs in spite of an unresolved import error in Eclipse PyDev, but stops running if the error is fixed… O_o
I'll try to be as clear as possible:
This is my project structure:
PYDEV PROJECT FOLDER
src folder
package
module1
module2
1 - In module1 I say:
import ...
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0answers
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Importing standard modules in ironpython script in silverlight application raises an error
Can someone explain, please, how to avoid errors of type: "ImportError: No module named nameOfModule"
in ironpython script, which is part of Silverlight web application?
The error pops, even when I ...
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0answers
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Safest way to modify .pyc compilation/loading workflow?
I'm working on MacroPy, and one of the things the project does is hook into the Python import system via PEP302 import hooks. However, one thing that I have not done (and would like to do) is to have ...
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1answer
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Script won't run in order
I have this python script that will not run in the correct order I want it to. Here is the code:
import VT as vt
import VT_Tests
import AUTO as auto
def main():
auto.run()
vt.run()
if ...
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2answers
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Import * include submodules
I have a directory structure that looks like this:
scripts/
__init__.py
filepaths.py
Run.py
domains/
__init__.py
topspin.py
tiles.py
hanoi.py
...
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1answer
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Python: Importing parent and child classes from different modules
I have a parent class in one file, a child class in another, and I'm trying to use them in a third. Sort of like this:
test1.py
class Parent(object):
def spam(self):
print "something"
...
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2answers
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Python complex subpackage importing
I have a pretty complex package tree like the following within yet another package
A\
B\
a.py
b.py
c.py
C\
a.py
b.py
c.py
I want to be able ...
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1answer
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Issue with import path in Python 3
I'm having an issue with the import statement in Python 3. I'm following a book (Python 3 Object Oriented) and am having the following structure:
parent_directory/
main.py
ecommerce/
...
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1answer
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Overlapping Python import statements - bad practice?
Frequently in my Python utilities I need to use os.path, and a convention I've gotten into is importing it as:
import os.path as fs
fs being my abbreviation for "file system."
I'm writing a utility ...
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Python: Importing from a running instance, or an alternative
I have 2 files, data.py and interpret.py.
data.py:
X = cPickle.load(open("X","r"))
interpret.py:
from data import X
query = raw_input("Enter query")
#do something with query and X
Object X ...
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2answers
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python path import collision
I have a Python application that has the following directory structure:
/home/vagrant/app
/home/vagrant/app/support
/home/vagrant/app/utils (1)
/home/vagrant/app/examples/example_a
...
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4answers
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Can't import module from bin directory of the same project
I'm building a library that will be included by other projects via pip.
I have the following directories ('venv' is a virtualenv):
project
\- bin
\- run.py
\- myproj
\- __init__.py
...
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3answers
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Import all classes (or functions) in all files in folder, as if they were all in the __init__ file
I have a folder with multiple files containing a lot of different classes. These could all be in one big file but for the sake of making it a bit easier to read I've split it up in multiple files ...
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Nice way to package wide set up standard output streams in Python
As an example there is a project/package with several modules.
The goal is to achieve the same standard stream output handling behaviour for every file.
Let us suppose that this is a command line ...
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Python 3 lxml ImportError on CentOS 6.4 [duplicate]
CentOS 6.4 on my desktop had python 2.6.6 already installed
$ which python
/usr/bin/python
$ python
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Feb 22 2013, 00:00:18)
[GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3)] on ...
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Cannot import module when using memory_profiler
I'm trying to use memory_profiler, but I run into a problem that is isolated in example.py:
#! /usr/bin/env python
import argparse
def parse_args():
parser = ...
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2answers
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How to prevent multiple initialization of dynamic library
I am working on Python version 2.7.
I have a module extension for Python written in C.
The module initialization function PyMODINIT_FUNC initmymodule contains some code for initializing OpenSSL ...
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1answer
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Nested module and package imports in Python
We have a VERY large python project (200+ files)
and up till now I've been handling it dependencies very well there are a few spots where some new part of the project used and existing part from ...
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1answer
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ImportError with VirtualEnv
I'm trying to use VirtualEnv for a Flask app that I'm creating since everyone has recommended me to do so. After creating my virtual environment, I installed the libraries that I needed using pip ...
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1answer
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Python cross-module globale variable
I'm new to Python and I was trying out nose as a unit test framework.
I came across a behavior I didn't expect, but maybe this is normal, hence my question.
I have two (very basic) files:
...
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0answers
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Python3 can not find module xmlrpc from unittests
I am working on a python project with 2 other people, but I can't run our tests. When I run the tests using python3 -m unittest I get this output
Traceback (most recent call last):
Traceback (most ...
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Hide external modules when importing a module (e.g. regarding code-completion)
The title is probably pretty bad and I'm sure something similar has been asked before, but I could not find a solution for this (also I'm new to python…).
I have several modules in one package (a ...
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1answer
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Should __init__.py also contain python module imports?
When writing your own package in Python, should __init__.py contain imports like os, sys? Or should these just be imported within the file that is using them?
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Trouble importing the correct module in python in GAE
How do I explicitly tell Google App Engine (python) to import json from the python standard libraries?
Due to a poorly named file (that I can NOT change or rename at this time) I am having trouble ...
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1answer
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python - importError: no module named pysphere
I am able to type the following into python.exe to create a session to Vmware Esxi
from pysphere import VIServer
server = VIServer()
server.connect("myserver", "user", "password")
When I save the ...
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1answer
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Django import error - bad argument to internal function
I'm making a basic time-card program. I'm getting an error while importing views from urls.py. The other files in the app (models, forms, etc) can be imported, but any call to import views returns an ...
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1answer
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Ice in Python - unresolved import IcePy in generated interfaces
I'm trying to use Ice (version 3.4.2) in Python (2.7.3). When I generate content using slice2py I get a class with the following import statement
import Ice, IcePy, __builtin__
The problem is, ...
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“Unused wild import”: Why?
Whenever I import from another module using an asterisk (from import *) I am fined with an "unused wild import"-warning. It appears as if this is not the right way to do the import, but why does that ...
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