Indeed you are correct...that is indeed TWO underscores and everything works fine now. Thanks for pointing out the obvious...I thought it was a simple problem. --DJ
"faulkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > that should be __init__.py [TWO underscores]. > and you might want to import sys and check sys.path [the list of > directories searched by the import mechanism]. > > > David Jackson wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm a real beginner with python but have what I think is a simple >> question. >> I am writing some simple modules and would like to place them into a >> subdirectory. But then I cannot seem to import them. I have tried the >> following. >> >> I wrote a module called fibo.py with some definitions in it (one called >> fibo). In the same directory, I wrote another file (test.py) and began >> with >> import fibo. This worked fine and I was able to use the function fibo as >> fibo.fibo. Then, I made a directory called test and placed the file >> fibo.py >> in this directory. I also placed a blank file called _init_.py into this >> directory. I went back to the original directory and tried to import >> test.fibo but this fails. I get the following error message: >> >> Traceback (innermost last) >> File "...test.py", line 1, in ? >> import test.fibo >> File "...test.py", line 1, in ? >> import test.fibo >> ImportError: No module named fibo >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. If it makes any difference, I'm >> working on a Mac, OSX 10.3.9 >> >> Thanks, >> David > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
