Cannot import class from local modules in python

Question

I have a module parser.py in local directory with

class Parser(object):
    . . . .
    . . . . 

class Parser2(object):
    . . . .
    . . . .

I'd like to import those in mainScript.py, however i'm getting an

error no name 'Parser' in module parser

from parser import Parser

no... I created my own Parser() class in parser.py (a local module) — user3388884
– user3388884, Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 15:23
Can you import parser; is it just when you from parser import Parser that you get problems? Does parser.__file__ give the expected location? — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 15:25

RageCage · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-21 15:48:54Z

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Parser is already a Python module. Rename your module (for example from "parser.py" to "myParseModule.py") and you shouldn't have a problem.

edited Jul 21, 2014 at 15:48

answered Jul 21, 2014 at 15:23

RageCage

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Daniel Roseman Over a year ago

That's unlikely. If anything it is usually the other way round: local files shadow standard library ones.

RageCage Over a year ago

That's what I thought, but I recreated the error and fixed it by renaming it from "parser.py" to something else.

clarkep · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-21 15:28:55Z

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check your sys.path. if /usr/lib/pythonX/lib-dynload is before '' you will be importing the official parser module from the standard library instead of your module.

answered Jul 21, 2014 at 15:28

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