[Tutor] HI, #Include like in python

[A.T.Hofkamp]

wesley chun wrote:
>>    import listen
>>
>> You can use the __import__ function if you want, but generally you
>> want the import statement as above.  The equivalent to 'import listen'
>> is:
>>
>>    listen = __import__('listen')
>>
>> See the tutorial here: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html
> 
> 
> you also have to make sure that your .py file is in one of the
> folders/directories listed in sys.path (to see it, import sys then do
> print sys.path). if the file is not in one of those folders, you will
> also get an import error.
> 
> you can either add the correct directory to your PYTHONPATH
> environment variable, or manually add it at run-time using
> sys.path.append/insert.

A simpler form is to put "listen.py" and "usbconnection.py" in the same directory.

In the latter you can do something like


import listen

listener = listen.ListenClass(param1, param2)
listener.begin()  # Call the 'begin' method of the ListenClass object.


You can use the ListenClass like normal, just state that Python should look 
for it in the "listen" file.

Albert