[Tutor] How to get module name from ImportError

[Christian Witts]

On 2011/11/21 07:54 AM, Nikunj.Badjatya at emc.com wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Please look at the following snippet.
>
> {{{
>
> # User defined modules
>
> try:
>
>     from scripts import precheck
>
>     from scripts import validate
>
>     from scripts import constants
>
> except ImportError:
>
>     print("ERROR: One of the modules (..scripts/precheck.py, 
> validate.py, constants) is not present.")
>
>     print("INFO : Please verify the above modules, and restart the 
> installation")
>
>     sys.exit(1)
>
> }}}
>
> See the red line.
> I want to get the name of the particular module which is not available 
> and hence causing ImportError.
>
> One of the ways can be to get the STDERR and process it using re. !?
>
> Is there a better alternate available .?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nikunj
>
>
>
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 >>> try:
...     import nothing
... except ImportError, err_msg:
...     print err_msg
...
No module named nothing

Hope that helps.
-- 

Christian Witts
Python Developer
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