doing non-prespecified imports

[Jon Perez]

Is it possible to do:

import xxxx

within code where xxxx is specified by
a string or user input?


I need this in order to be able to load different,
arbitrary modules under application-user control.

If not using the 'import xxxx' syntax, is there
a roundabout way to do such?

 

[Egbert Bouwman]

Is it possible to do:

import xxxx

within code where xxxx is specified by
a string or user input?


I need this in order to be able to load different,
arbitrary modules under application-user control.

See the built-in function __import__()
egbert