On Friday 16 January 2009 15:03:51 Lawson Hanson wrote:
> 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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modu = "os"
exec("from " + modu + " import *")
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Lenz.
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State University of Santa Catarina
Department of Mechanical Engineering
89223-100 - Joinville-SC - Brasil
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E-mail: l...@joinville.udesc.br
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