Python Error: TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

Question

I have written the simplest python code (module) :

def newplus(x, y):
    return x*y

This is stored in a folder sabya (which is my package). The folder has _init_ and newplus.py files.

In my IDLE I can open the module sabya.newplus. When I give import sabya.newplus there is no error. but when I issue :

>>> sabya.newplus(2, 3)

I am getting this error

   Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#15>", line 1, in <module>
    sabya.newplus(2, 3)
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

Note that '_init_' != '__init__'.

jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe

2014-12-01 14:36:22 +00:00
Commented Dec 1, 2014 at 14:36 — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented Dec 1, 2014 at 14:36

falsetru · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-01 14:34:38Z

4

You need to qualify the function as follow:

sabya.newplus.newplus(2, 3)

answered Dec 1, 2014 at 14:34

falsetru

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3 Comments

Sabyasachi Mitra Over a year ago

Thanks a lot. It worked. I am new to Python. Today is the first I am learning Python so didn't it at all. I think the way it works is sabya is the package(directory), newplus is the module(.py file) and within it newplus is the function. so my function has to be qualified as package.module.function_name. Am I right?

Matthias Over a year ago

Another way of importing: from sayba.newplus import newplusand then call newplus(2, 3).

Sabyasachi Mitra Over a year ago

Thanks a lot again. I added another function hello(str) to the newplus.py file and called sabya.newplus.hello('test). It worked. Thanks for helping me understand the concept.

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