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dgBP
dgBP

Reputation: 1691

Python typeerror 'module' object is not callable

I'm new to python so this is probably something I've just missed... I'm just trying to run a file which calls another file.

I have a file like myfile.py:

#!/usr/bin/python

import another_file

things = ... """ some code """

def mystuff(text, th=things):
    return another_def(text, th)

'another_file' can compile/run fine by itself and has the def 'another_def' and the variable 'th' (These are just example names...)

So I run python from the command line and then try:

>>> import myfile
>>> t = myfile.mystuff('some text')

and I get the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "myfile.py", line 18, in mystuff
    return another_def(text, th)
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

I tried import another_file even though it is in myfile.py but that didn't seem to make any difference.

If it makes any difference, I tried:

print myfile
<module 'myfile' from 'myfile.py'>
print myfile.mystuff
<function mystuff at 0x7fcf178d0320>

so I assume that if it can find file and function, the problem is how it tries to call the other file.... maybe. Any help appreciated!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9439

Answers (2)

Raydel Miranda
Raydel Miranda

Reputation: 14360

You can do that using the so called wild import:

from other_file import *

And that way you can access all objects and functions in that file. Unless ofcourse, you have defined the 

__all__

list wich restrict what can be exported.

Example:

#some_file.py

a = 3; b = 4 
__all__ = ['a']

now with the wild import:

from some_file import *

you only see 'a'

Upvotes: 1

TerryA
TerryA

Reputation: 59974

I'm not exactly sure why you're getting a TypeError (there's probably more to it than what you're showing), but if you want to access functions from another_file, then you should do:

return another_file.another_def(text, th)

Upvotes: 3

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