[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I am new to Python and have recieved this error message when trying to > instantiate an object from a class from another file within the same > directory and wondered what I have done wrong. > > I have a Step.py class: > class Step(object) > def __init__(self, sName): > "Initialise a new Step instance" > self.sName = sName > self.depSteps = [] > self.remDepSteps = [] > self.isCompleted = 0 > > > Then I have created a new file within the same directory called > main.py: > > import Step > a = Step("magn") > > The following however generates the error > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "main.py", line 3, in ? > a = Step("magn") > TypeError: 'module' object is not callable > > If anyone could help point me in the right direction, how to fix this > problem it would be much appreciated.
Do you by any chance come from a java-background? Your actual problem is simply solved by this: import Step Step.Step("magn") That's because Step.py is a module, and _not_ the class - there is no file-class-correspondence as it is in e.g. Java. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list