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H2ONaCl
H2ONaCl

Reputation: 11309

__init__.py seemingly not working

New to Python. I'm on Windows and Python2.7.

I have confirmed that my directory is setup in PYTHONPATH by looking in sys.path from IDLE.

import sys
print(sys.path)

This shows me that c:\users\owner\documents\PythonProjects is definitely in the path. Furthermore in that directory I have a .py file which can be imported into IDLE.

The trouble is c:\user\owner\documents\PythonProjects\testPackage\test.py is not loading. The error is ImportError:No module named testPackage.test.

I have tried an empty __init__.py as well as an __init__.py with some trivial code inside. The __init__.py is in the PythonProjects folder as it should be. Why am I getting this error?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4243

Answers (2)

knutin
knutin

Reputation: 5133

There must be an __init__.py file in every directory, so if your structure is:

projects/
   TestProject/
       __init__.py
       test.py

And the path to projects is on your PYTHONPATH, then you should be able to import the test module.

Upvotes: 0

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 799390

Because it should be in testPackage\.

Upvotes: 2

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