idle import problem

[Matthew Wilson]

Thanks -

That's really useful.  I know how to set PYTHONPATH in unix, but how to in
windows?

> On Tuesday 23 Sep 2003 5:43 pm, Matthew Wilson wrote:
>> Hi-
>>
>> I'm trying to import a countylist.py file in idle, and it isn't working.
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> >>> os.listdir(os.getcwd())
>>
>> ['4dcountylist.txt', 'CBP90KY_TXT.htm', 'CBP90OH_TXT.htm',
>> 'CBP90PA_TXT.htm', 'CBP90WV_TXT.htm', 'countylist.py', 'geocode.txt',
>> 'mvsales.xls', 'mvsalesbyfirm.xls', 'production_in_4d.xls',
>> 'USSalesSummary0308-1.xls']
>>
>> >>> import countylist
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<pyshell#15>", line 1, in -toplevel-
>>     import countylist
>> ImportError: No module named countylist
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
>
> Python doesn't import from the current directory; it uses sys.path, unless
> the
> cwd is on sys.path...
>
> if you want to temporarily put it on the path, do:
>
> import os,sys
> sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
>
> but a better solution is to either put your module into a directory tha
> *is*
> on sys.path, or modify your python path setting directlty by setting your
> environment var PYTHONPATH accordingly.
>
> hope that helps
> -andyj
>