On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 12:11 PM, W. eWatson <wolftra...@invalid.com> wrote: > See Subject. The code is below with a few changes I made at the bottom by > inserting > import string > import numpy > > module = raw_input("Enter module name: ") > listing(module)
As the error says, strings have no __name__ attribute; from this, one can infer that listing() expects a module object, not a string which is the name of a module. Try instead: module = __import__(raw_input("Enter module name: ")) listing(module) Cheers, Chris -- http://blog.rebertia.com > I thought I'd see if I could convert this to a program instead, which asks > the user for the module. > > As prompt entry, it was meant to do this, for example: > > import math > import pynum > mydir.listing(numpy) > > As below, it fails with: > > > Is it possible to get this to work? > Enter module name: numpy > ------------------------------ > name: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:/Sandia_Meteors/Sentinel_Development/Learn_Python/mydir_pgm.py", > line 31, in <module> > listing(module) > File "C:/Sandia_Meteors/Sentinel_Development/Learn_Python/mydir_pgm.py", > line 8, in listing > print "name:", module.__name__, "file:", module.__file__ > AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute '__name__ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list