Is it possible to import a module of Python code
where I do not know the name of the module
until run-time?
The Python statement:
from someModule import *
requires that "someModule" be the name of the module,
but what I would like is to be able to define a value
for "someModule" ... and provided that such a module
exists (in an extended "sys.path" directory), then
import from the specified module at run-time
If I have a module called "dummy.py" in my own "myModules"
directory (just below my HOME directory in Linux)
If I do this:
import os, sys
myModDir = os.environ["HOME"] + "/myModules"
sys.path.append(myModDir)
modName = "%s/%s" % (myModDir, "dummy")
from modName import *
I get the following error:
ImportError: No module named modName
So is there any way to get Python to import the named module
without just doing "from dummy import *", because I will
not know that the user wants to use the "dummy" module
until run-time ... I'm trying to import control data
for different run scenarios which will be defined in
differently named Python modules which the user will
specify at run-time with a command-line option
And help with this would be most appreciated
Best regards,
Lawson Hanson
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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