On 2/17/11 11:11 AM, Tim Hanson wrote:

import pypath
import intersect #the name of a file that contains the above short function.
intersect('spam','spmmer')

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in<module>
     intersect('spam','spmmer')
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable


Huh?  Why doesn't this run when imported?  More importantly, how do I
interpret this error message so that I can find the problem myself next time?

Please read the first section of this page about modules in the tutorial:

  http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#modules

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"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco

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