MRAB wrote: > On 03/11/2010 01:48, Gnarlodious wrote: >> I admit I don't understand any of what was said here. Or why it is so >> hard what I am trying to do. I searched Google for a few hours looking >> for a way to import a module from an absolute path, but that was a >> waste of time too. >> >> To reiterate, I am trying to import a Def function from a file one >> level up. Let's say relative import is unreasonable to expect from >> Python. If it is possible using an absolute path, please let me know >> how, in plain language. Otherwise I can continue to copy and paste my >> programming into several files. >> >> Thank you for any help. >> > After some experimentation (and Googling!) I think the problem is that > a module can do your relative import but a main script can't. > > Or, to put it another way, if __name__ is "__main__" then it won't work.
Slightly generalized: have the importing module print its __name__. There has to be at least one dot in the name for from .. import whatever to succeed. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
