[issue20840] AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ArgumentParser'

David Friedman added the comment: I know this is 6 years too late, but I had this problem a few minutes ago on Python2.7. Googling didn't find me anything relevant except this bug entry. However, I found the cause myself: I had a test file named argparse.py (and an argparse.pyc) in the cur

[issue20840] AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ArgumentParser'

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Closing for lack of feedback. Feel free to re-open if/when more info are available. -- nosy: +ezio.melotti status: pending -> closed ___ Python tracker __

[issue20840] AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ArgumentParser'

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[issue20840] AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ArgumentParser'

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[issue20840] AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ArgumentParser'

R. David Murray added the comment: Please show the output from print(argparse.__file__) -- nosy: +r.david.murray ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue20840] AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ArgumentParser'

bsduni added the comment: Unfortunately it is not that case, ie, no argparse in my current working directory /home/bsduni/pytests/ (on a FreeBSD 9.2 system). The following are the locations I can find argparse in my system: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/argparse.py /usr/local/lib/python2.7/argparse

[issue20840] AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ArgumentParser'

Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis added the comment: I guess that there is argparse module in current directory, which overrides argparse module from standard library. Use e.g. print(argparse) or print(argparse.__file__) to find it. A correct location would be something like /usr/lib64/python2

[issue20840] AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ArgumentParser'

New submission from bsduni: Hi! I have installed Python 2.7.6 fully (all the modules selected). I attempted run some Python codes that were developed by a past staff, and am stuck with an issue with argparse. For ease of explanation I am using the example given in this website at http://doc