Newbie question.. how to load modules with a dynamic name?

dsavitsk dsavitsk at e-coli.net
Fri Feb 23 16:20:25 EST 2001


"Ron Scinta" <nb0klun71q5001 at sneakemail.com> wrote in message
news:D7zl6.221$Gm2.5547 at skycache.prestige.net...
> I have a need to run various python script files from a master control
>  script, however, I do not know the names of the scripts until runtime.
>
>  I will be getting the script names from a database.. and was thinking I
>  could just use the import call with the supplied name.
>
>  This does not work alas....
>  >>> mymod = "ptw"

>>> exec('import ' + mymod)

ds





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