What does Error: 'module' object is not callable Mean?

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/14/2010 2:20 PM,  Cal Who wrote:
>
> The below code produces the error as indicated. But, in
>   E:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\ffnet\tools I see:
>      drawffnet.py

drawffnet is a module initialized from drawffnet.py (or either of the below)

>      drawffnet.pyc
>      drawffnet.pyo
> Is that what it is looking for?
>
> I'm not sure what "not callable" means.
> Could it be referencing to "nn" rather than drawffnet?
> What should I do to investigate this?
>
> Thanks
> from ffnet import ffnet, mlgraph, readdata
>
> ...snipped working code here ...
>
> output, regression = nn.test(inputs2, targets2, iprint = 2)
>
> from ffnet.tools import drawffnet

here you create drawffnet from one of the files.

> import pylab
> drawffnet(nn)   #Error: 'module' object is not callable

This is an attempt to call the module as if it were a functions, which 
it is not. You probably want to call a function within the module.


> pylab.show()
> except ImportError, e:
> print "Cannot make drawffnet plot."
>
>