Import fails (newbie)

[mhorlick]

Hello,

I'm a newbie and I have a small problem. After invoking IDLE -->

Python 3.1.2 (r312:79149, Mar 21 2010, 00:41:52) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

import os,glob
os.chdir('D:/Python_Programs')
print(os.getcwd()) D:\Python_Programs
print(glob.glob('*.*')) ['humansize.py', 'humansize.pyc']
import humansize

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in <module>
import humansize
ImportError: No module named humansize
In a DOS command window I have no problems with the program:

Directory of D:\Python_Programs

17/06/2010 01:56 PM <DIR> .
17/06/2010 01:56 PM <DIR> ..
17/06/2010 02:53 PM 1,266 humansize.py
17/06/2010 01:56 PM 1,315 humansize.pyc
2 File(s) 2,581 bytes
2 Dir(s) 104,122,085,376 bytes free

D:\Python_Programs>c:\python31\python humansize.py
1.0 TB
931.3 GiB

This 'humansize.py' program I got from the book 'Dive Into Python 3'.
I don't know if you need to know the source.

Can someone explain why the 'import' fails?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Albert Hopkins]

Hello,

I'm a newbie and I have a small problem. After invoking IDLE -->

Python 3.1.2 (r312:79149, Mar 21 2010, 00:41:52) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

import os,glob
os.chdir('D:/Python_Programs')
print(os.getcwd()) D:\Python_Programs
print(glob.glob('*.*')) ['humansize.py', 'humansize.pyc']
import humansize

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in <module>
import humansize
ImportError: No module named humansize
In a DOS command window I have no problems with the program:

Directory of D:\Python_Programs

17/06/2010 01:56 PM <DIR> .
17/06/2010 01:56 PM <DIR> ..
17/06/2010 02:53 PM 1,266 humansize.py
17/06/2010 01:56 PM 1,315 humansize.pyc
2 File(s) 2,581 bytes
2 Dir(s) 104,122,085,376 bytes free

D:\Python_Programs>c:\python31\python humansize.py
1.0 TB
931.3 GiB

This 'humansize.py' program I got from the book 'Dive Into Python 3'.
I don't know if you need to know the source.

Can someone explain why the 'import' fails?

os.chdir() is not the same as running python from inside the
Python_programs directory.

The correct way of doing this is to put Python_Programs in your path,
e.g.:

 

[Peter Otten]

I'm a newbie and I have a small problem. After invoking IDLE -->

Python 3.1.2 (r312:79149, Mar 21 2010, 00:41:52) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

import os,glob
os.chdir('D:/Python_Programs')
print(os.getcwd()) D:\Python_Programs
print(glob.glob('*.*')) ['humansize.py', 'humansize.pyc']
import humansize

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in <module>
import humansize
ImportError: No module named humansize
In a DOS command window I have no problems with the program:

Directory of D:\Python_Programs

17/06/2010 01:56 PM <DIR> .
17/06/2010 01:56 PM <DIR> ..
17/06/2010 02:53 PM 1,266 humansize.py
17/06/2010 01:56 PM 1,315 humansize.pyc
2 File(s) 2,581 bytes
2 Dir(s) 104,122,085,376 bytes free

D:\Python_Programs>c:\python31\python humansize.py
1.0 TB
931.3 GiB

This 'humansize.py' program I got from the book 'Dive Into Python 3'.
I don't know if you need to know the source.

Can someone explain why the 'import' fails?

If you run the same code from the command line it works. That's because the
python interactive interpreter automatically includes the current directory
into the search path for modules. When you are running Idle's shell you have
to do that manually with

I don't know if there is a reason for this difference or if it's just an
omission.

Peter