Christopher Spears wrote: > I'm feeling a little foolish because I cannot do this. > I created a module called functions (Clever, huh?) at > this path: > > C:\Documents and Settings\Christopher Spears\My > Documents\programming\PythonScripts\Part4\Ex07\functions.py > > I want to launch IDLE, import the file, and use it. I > tried: > > import "C:\Documents and Settings\Christopher > Spears\My > Documents\programming\PythonScripts\Part4\Ex07\functions.py" > > However, I keep getting a syntax error on the last > double quote. According to the docs, I might be able > to get Python to find this file by modifying sys.path. > I would prefer not do that because this is just an > exercise out of the Learning Python book.
You can't give a full path to the import statement. The module to be imported has to be somewhere in sys.path. Two simple possibilities: - Open a command line window to C:\Documents and Settings\Christopher Spears\My Documents\programming\PythonScripts\Part4\Ex07\. Run Python from the command line. You should be able to import functions because the current working directory is part of sys.path. - Put functions.py in C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\. This directory is also part of sys.path. - (THREE possibilities...) Modify sys.path. You can do this at runtime, just import sys sys.path.append(r'C:\Documents and Settings\Christopher Spears\My Documents\programming\PythonScripts\Part4\Ex07\') import functions Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
