You are correct.
On 7 August 2012 14:38, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Gelonida N wrote:
> > modulename = 'my.module'
> > cmd = 'import %s as amodule'
> > try:
> > exec(cmd)
> > print "imported successfully"
>
> Someone will doubtless correct me if I'm wrong, b
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Gelonida N wrote:
> modulename = 'my.module'
> cmd = 'import %s as amodule'
> try:
> exec(cmd)
> print "imported successfully"
Someone will doubtless correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can
avoid exec here with:
amodule=__import__(modulename)
ChrisA
Gelonida N wrote:
> Is this possible.
>
> let's say I'd like to know whether I could import the module
> 'mypackage.mymodule', meaning,
> whther this module is located somewhere in sys.path
>
> i tried to use
>
> imp.find_module(), but
> it didn't find any module name containing a '.'
You coul
Hi Michael,
On 08/07/2012 08:43 AM, Michael Poeltl wrote:
in my opinion, "without importing it" makes it unnecessarily complicated.
It does, but I think this is what I want, thus my question.
I tried to keep my question simple without explaining too much.
Well now here's a little more context
in my opinion, "without importing it" makes it unnecessarily complicated.
You just want to know it module xyz exists, or better said can be found
(sys.path).
why not try - except[ - else ]
try:
import mymodule
except ImportError:
# NOW YOU KNOW it does not exist
#+ and you may react
On 08/06/2012 11:58 PM, Miki Tebeka wrote:
imp.find_module(), but
it didn't find any module name containing a '.'
The docs (http://docs.python.org/library/imp.html#imp.find_module) clearly say:
"This function does not handle hierarchical module names(names
> containing dots).
Thanks,
Well this
> imp.find_module(), but
> it didn't find any module name containing a '.'
The docs (http://docs.python.org/library/imp.html#imp.find_module) clearly say:
"This function does not handle hierarchical module names (names containing
dots). In order to find P.M, that is, submodule M of package P, use
