I have the following module: ------------------------------- import math def ac_add_a_ph( amp1, ph1, amp2, ph2 ):
amp3 = 0.0 ph3 = 0.0 ac1 = ( 0, 0j ) ac2 = ( 0, 0j ) ac3 = ( 0, 0j ) ac1 = complex( amp1 * math.cos( math.radians( ph1 ) ), amp1 * math.sin( math.radians( ph1 ) ) ) ac2 = complex( amp2 * math.cos( math.radians( ph2 ) ), amp2 * math.sin( math.radians( ph2 ) ) ) ac3 = ac1 + ac2 amp3 = math.abs( ac3 ) ph3 = math.atan( ac3.imag / ac3.real ) return [amp3, ph3] -------------------------------------- when I import it (electronics) in python.exe in windows2000 and try to use it, it croaks. ??? >>> import math >>> import electronics >>> print electronics.ac_add_a_ph( 10, 0 , 6 , 45 ) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "f:\devel\python\electronics.py", line 10, in ac_add_a_ph ac1 = complex( amp1 * math.cos( math.radians( ph1 ) ), amp1 * math.sin( math .radians( ph1 ) ) ) NameError: global name 'cos' is not defined >>> global?? huh? what does abs stand for? why is that not absolute value? hmmm. Hmm, complex numbers, cool I don't even have any idea where C stands on this. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list