[ACCEPTED]-Why am I getting the following error in Python "ImportError: No module named py"?-python
Instead of:
import test.py
simply write:
import test
This assumes test.py 2 is in the same directory as the file that 1 imports it.
This strange-looking error is a result of 7 how Python imports modules.
Python sees:
import test.py
Python thinks (simplified 6 a bit):
import module test.
- search for a test.py in the module search paths
- execute test.py (where you get your output)
- import 'test' as name into current namespace
import test.py
- search for file test/py.py
- throw ImportError (no module named 'py') found.
Because 5 python allows dotted module names, it just 4 thinks you have a submodule named py within 3 the test module, and tried to find that. It 2 has no idea you're attempting to import 1 a file.
You don't specify the extension when importing. Just 1 do:
import test
As others have mentioned, you don't need 11 to put the file extension in your import 10 statement. Recommended reading is the Modules section of the Python Tutorial.
For 9 a little more background into the error, the 8 interpreter thinks you're trying to import 7 a module named py from inside the test package, since 6 the dot indicates encapsulation. Because 5 no such module exists (and test isn't even a package!), it raises 4 that error.
As indicated in the more in-depth documentation on the import statement it still 3 executes all the statements in the test module 2 before attempting to import the py module, which 1 is why you get the values printed out.
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