Question

Anyone else on a Mac having trouble importing swampy? I put it in my current directory, but still can't open it. I'm not familiar with how Python calls the modules.

Answer 1

Python does look in the CWD for imports. Your import statement should mention the file name without the .py. Something like:

import swam

This will import it, but not into the current namespace. You'd need to call a function named foo as:

swam.foo()

If you want to import the elements of the module into your current namespace, the your import statement becomes:

from swam import *

then you can just call:

foo()

Answer 2

Thanks! I restarted the IDLE and it worked right off, so I didn't try your method. I've noticed the IDLE gets hung up from time to time.

Answer 3

Work with it long enough and you'll notice it changes tabs to spaces too.