import help

[placid]

Hi all,

How do i import a module that has an hypen/dash (-) in its name ? I get
a SytaxError exception

Cheers

 

[Gary Herron]

Hi all,

How do i import a module that has an hypen/dash (-) in its name ? I get
a SytaxError exception

Cheers

You can't do that directly. However, the internals of the import
mechanism are available to the programmer through a module named imp. It
allows you to import a file whose name is specified in a string -- that
should work for you.

Gary Herron

 

[Rob Wolfe]

Hi all,

How do i import a module that has an hypen/dash (-) in its name ? I get
a SytaxError exception

You can use function __import__.
def fun2():
return "Hello from -test !" File "<stdin>", line 1
import -test
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

__import__("-test", globals(), locals(), [])

<module '-test' from '-test.pyc'>

But here is another problem:
Traceback (most recent call last):

import sys
sys.modules["-test"].fun2()

'Hello from -test !'

Regards,
Rob