Can't import modules

[Peter Farrell]

On Sunday, September 30, 2012 6:25:29 PM UTC-7, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:35:02 -0700, Peter Farrell wrote:
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> > Thanks for trying to help, everybody. Sorry I didn't post the whole
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> > error message. Now my problem is I just installed VPython and I'm trying
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> > to run the very first example, bounce.py which I located. I opened it
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> > and ran it in Idle. I got this message:
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> In general, any time you get unexpected or unusual errors in IDLE, you 
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> should try running the same code without IDLE, just at the regular Python 
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> prompt. Like all "Integrated Development Environments", IDLE sometimes 
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> messes about with things in the background that very occasionally 
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> interferes with the normal running of certain Python code, so it is 
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> always worth taken IDLE out of the picture whenever there is a mysterious 
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> failure. 
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> In Windows, I *think* that if you run "python" (or perhaps "python32") 
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> from the Start Menu, it will open an interactive prompt similar to IDLE. 
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> Once the Python interactive interpreter has launched, just enter:
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> from visual import *
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> and see if it works. If it fails, try:
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> import visual
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> My wild guess is that VPython (whatever that is!) only works under Python 
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> 2, not Python 3, but I could be wrong.
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> Other than that, my advice is to check with a dedicated VPython mailing 
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> list. Oh, and if you do find the solution, please consider reporting what 
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> the solution is back here, for the benefit of the next person who runs 
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> into this issue.
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> Steven

Thanks again for the help. I entered the import statements you suggested into the Python Shell and they gave me the same error message. (Neither did visual_all, but of course the print statement worked.)

Since I use Python 3.2.3 I've had trouble with programs and modules designed for Python 2 and many programs don't work on my 64-bit system.

I was hoping it was a common error that newbies encounter.

Thanks again, Python fans. I'll keep you posted on my progress!

Peter