Re: (Issue resolved!) Issue with Python module downloads from Library for a beginner Python coder.
Hi terry, I am so happy to mention that your suggestion worked! I moved the file from Tkinter to Lib and I am suddenly able to import the file. Thanks you so much @Bob, @Arjun, @Cameron for your suggestions. I can finally move forward. I hope to contribute to this community in future after gaining enough experience on the Python subject. Looking forward! On Monday, 3 August, 2020, 12:51:28 am IST, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/2/2020 2:36 AM, Sarvesh Poddar via Python-list wrote: [I downloaded] https://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/graphics.py) I have unmangled the traceback and added explanations. > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 1, in > import graphics You typed this in IDLE Shell in response to the >>> prompt. > File >"C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", line >1 This says that you put the file in the same directory as python.exe. It should better be in ".../Lib/site-packages" or in a directory in "/Users/". None the less, the import worked. > Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 32 >bit (Intel)] on win32 > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax This says that the first line of graphics.py begins with "Python 3.8.5..." This is the startup message printed by python.exe when run in interactive mode, and by IDLE's interactive Shell. It is text, not python code. It is not the first line of the file at that link (I checked). Look at the file on your disk and check its first line. You may have to put '%appdata%' in the directory box if the /User//appdata directory is hidden on your machine. > I have installed, uninstalled and then re-installed Python 3.8.5 multiple >times but the problem remains. > I did a thorough internet search and most of them suggested using sys path > and following is the result, This suggestion is for when the import fails because the module is not found. In your case, it was found and the import process started. > import sys>>> sys.path['', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\Lib\\idlelib', > > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\python38.zip', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\DLLs', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib\\site-packages'] > When I write a different line - (from import graphics *), this is the output: > from graphics import *Traceback (most recent call last): File "", > line 1, in from graphics import * File > "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", > line 1 Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC > v.1926 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax Same bad first line, same error. -- Terry Jan Reedy -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Issue with Python module downloads from Library for a beginner Python coder.
Hello Dennis, Sorry for my copy-paste error and thanks for highlighting the same. I will make sure that from next time I will maintain the line breaks. I tried opening it in CMD and it did open with the skewed triangle figure although I am still not able to use it in my IDLE environment. Unfortunately, I am not able to move ahead with my Python classes because of this, as it specifically asks to import the module before proceeding. I saved the file in tkinter folder now and receive the same problem, >>> import graphicsTraceback (most recent call last): File "", line >>> 1, in import graphicsModuleNotFoundError: No module named >>> 'graphics' Location of the file - C:\Program Files (x86)\Lib\tkinter Didn't work out. On Monday, 3 August, 2020, 12:47:26 am IST, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Sun, 2 Aug 2020 06:36:28 + (UTC), Sarvesh Poddar via Python-list declaimed the following: > Hi, >I am currently using Python 3.8.5 with IDLE environment that comes >pre-installed with the Python application. I am using the book "An >Introduction to computer science" by John Zelle as my reference. >The problem I am facing is "There is a python program named "graphics.py" that >is used as reference in the book and I downloaded the python file from >internet (link to the file - >https://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/graphics.py). I have kept this module >in (C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32) and this is >were my Python files also lie in C drive. The problem is that I am not able to >import graphics.py file and when I try to do that following is the error I >receive, >Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 1, in import graphics > File >"C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", line >1 > Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 32 >bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax > I have installed, uninstalled and then re-installed Python 3.8.5 multiple >times but the problem remains. I did a thorough internet search and most of >them suggested using sys path and following is the result, > In future, you might want to ensure your cut and/or posting client, maintains line breaks -- many of your pastes seem to "unwrap" stuff... >When I write a different line - (from import graphics *), this is the output: >from graphics import *Traceback (most recent call last): File "", >line 1, in from graphics import * File >"C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", line >1 Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 32 >bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax ... such as the above, which appears to have turned something like 7 lines of output into one long string/paragraph. My only suggestion is to drop OUT of IDLE or whatever, and open a Windows command shell... and try running a script from that shell. I note that this library makes use of Tkinter -- which is also used by IDLE. The two uses may be causing complications. Going to a command shell avoids that. -=-=- C:\Users\Wulfraed\Downloads>type testgraphics.py import graphics print(dir(graphics)) C:\Users\Wulfraed\Downloads>python testgraphics.py ['BAD_OPTION', 'Circle', 'DEFAULT_CONFIG', 'Entry', 'GraphWin', 'GraphicsError', 'GraphicsObject', 'Image', 'Line', 'OBJ_ALREADY_DRAWN', 'Oval', 'Point', 'Polygon', 'Rectangle', 'Text', 'Transform', 'UNSUPPORTED_METHOD', '_BBox', '__builtins__', '__cached__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__loader__', '__name__', '__package__', '__spec__', '__version__', '_root', '_update_lasttime', 'color_rgb', 'os', 'sys', 'test', 'time', 'tk', 'update'] C:\Users\Wulfraed\Downloads> -=-=- Heck... from the command shell, navigate to the directory in which you saved graphics.py and enter -=-=- C:\Users\Wulfraed\Downloads>python graphics.py -=-=- On my system, that pops up a small window with skewed triangle, some text, and a grey input field. -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfr...@ix.netcom.com http://wlfraed.microdiversity.freeddns.org/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Issue with Python module downloads from Library for a beginner Python coder.
On 8/2/2020 2:36 AM, Sarvesh Poddar via Python-list wrote: [I downloaded] https://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/graphics.py) I have unmangled the traceback and added explanations. Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in import graphics You typed this in IDLE Shell in response to the >>> prompt. File "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", line 1 This says that you put the file in the same directory as python.exe. It should better be in ".../Lib/site-packages" or in a directory in "/Users/". None the less, the import worked. Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax This says that the first line of graphics.py begins with "Python 3.8.5..." This is the startup message printed by python.exe when run in interactive mode, and by IDLE's interactive Shell. It is text, not python code. It is not the first line of the file at that link (I checked). Look at the file on your disk and check its first line. You may have to put '%appdata%' in the directory box if the /User//appdata directory is hidden on your machine. I have installed, uninstalled and then re-installed Python 3.8.5 multiple times but the problem remains. I did a thorough internet search and most of them suggested using sys path and following is the result, This suggestion is for when the import fails because the module is not found. In your case, it was found and the import process started. import sys>>> sys.path['', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\Lib\\idlelib', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\python38.zip', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\DLLs', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib\\site-packages'] When I write a different line - (from import graphics *), this is the output: from graphics import *Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in from graphics import * File "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", line 1 Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax Same bad first line, same error. -- Terry Jan Reedy -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Issue with Python module downloads from Library for a beginner Python coder.
Do you have tkinter installed? The graphics.py module needs it to run. On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 11:36 PM Sarvesh Poddar via Python-list < python-list@python.org> wrote: > Hi, > I am currently using Python 3.8.5 with IDLE environment that comes > pre-installed with the Python application. I am using the book "An > Introduction to computer science" by John Zelle as my reference. > The problem I am facing is "There is a python program named "graphics.py" > that is used as reference in the book and I downloaded the python file from > internet (link to the file - > https://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/graphics.py). I have kept this > module in (C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32) and > this is were my Python files also lie in C drive. The problem is that I am > not able to import graphics.py file and when I try to do that following is > the error I receive, > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 1, in import graphics > File > "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", > line 1 > Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 > 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax > I have installed, uninstalled and then re-installed Python 3.8.5 multiple > times but the problem remains. I did a thorough internet search and most of > them suggested using sys path and following is the result, > > import sys>>> sys.path['', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\Lib\\idlelib', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\python38.zip', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\DLLs', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib\\site-packages'] > When I write a different line - (from import graphics *), this is the > output: > from graphics import *Traceback (most recent call last): File > "", line 1, in from graphics import * File > "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", > line 1Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC > v.1926 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax > Please do let me know if I am missing out something very basic. > Thanks and I look forward.On Saturday, 1 August, 2020, 07:54:19 am > IST, boB Stepp wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 9:24 AM Sarvesh Poddar via Python-list > wrote: > > > I re-installed Python in my Windows system as the earlier one was not > able to import modules... > > You do not provide much detail to diagnose what your problem(s) > is(are). By the "earlier one" is it the same version as the one you > re-installed? Were you able to run IDLE with the "earlier one"? By > not being able to import modules do you mean modules from Python's > standard library? Or do you mean installing third party libraries > using pip? > > > ...But now I am not able to open IDLE after multiple tries. > > Have you looked in your start menu in the list of installed programs > for Python? If it is there did you expand it and see if there is an > entry for IDLE? How have you been trying (unsuccessfully) to open > IDLE? > > > -- > boB > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: b...@mellowood.ca WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Issue with Python module downloads from Library for a beginner Python coder.
Diverting replies to tu...@python.org, a better place for all this. It looks like the error is in graphics.py, not in your file. Your line: from graphics import * is syntacticly correct. Something has mangled the line breaks in your traceback, which here appears as: When I write a different line - (from import graphics *), this is the output: from graphics import *Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in from graphics import * File "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", line 1 Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax To me it appears that the syntax error in in graphics.py at line 1. I'd normally expect such a traceback to look more like this: File "", line 1, in from graphics import * File "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", line 1 Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax In particular, the "^" would point to the place in the code where Python _noticed_ the syntax error. Is it possible that graphics.py contains that "Python 3.8.5 " text? So the traceback I've invented above says that _your_ import failed, but that was because of a failure in the file you were trying to import. BTW, it looks to me like your Python programmes (graphics.py and whatever other file you might be making) are inside the Python install. Normally you'd keep these elsewhere, for example in a folder such as: C:\Users\sarvesh\my-programmes Cheers, Cameron Simpson On 02Aug2020 06:36, Sarvesh Poddar wrote: >I am currently using Python 3.8.5 with IDLE environment that comes >pre-installed with the Python application. I am using the book "An >Introduction to computer science" by John Zelle as my reference. >The problem I am facing is "There is a python program named "graphics.py" that >is used as reference in the book and I downloaded the python file from >internet (link to the file - >https://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/graphics.py). I have kept this module >in (C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32) and this is >were my Python files also lie in C drive. The problem is that I am not able to >import graphics.py file and when I try to do that following is the error I >receive, >Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 1, in import graphics > File >"C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", line >1 > Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 32 >bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax > I have installed, uninstalled and then re-installed Python 3.8.5 multiple >times but the problem remains. I did a thorough internet search and most of >them suggested using sys path and following is the result, > >import sys>>> sys.path['', >'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\Lib\\idlelib', > >'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\python38.zip', > 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\DLLs', >'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib', >'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32', >'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib\\site-packages'] >When I write a different line - (from import graphics *), this is the output: >from graphics import *Traceback (most recent call last): File >"", line 1, in from graphics import * File >"C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", >line 1 Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) >[MSC v.1926 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid >syntax -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Issue with Python module downloads from Library for a beginner Python coder.
Hi, I am currently using Python 3.8.5 with IDLE environment that comes pre-installed with the Python application. I am using the book "An Introduction to computer science" by John Zelle as my reference. The problem I am facing is "There is a python program named "graphics.py" that is used as reference in the book and I downloaded the python file from internet (link to the file - https://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/graphics.py). I have kept this module in (C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32) and this is were my Python files also lie in C drive. The problem is that I am not able to import graphics.py file and when I try to do that following is the error I receive, Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in import graphics File "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", line 1 Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax I have installed, uninstalled and then re-installed Python 3.8.5 multiple times but the problem remains. I did a thorough internet search and most of them suggested using sys path and following is the result, import sys>>> sys.path['', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\Lib\\idlelib', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\python38.zip', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\DLLs', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32', 'C:\\Users\\sarvesh\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38-32\\lib\\site-packages'] When I write a different line - (from import graphics *), this is the output: from graphics import *Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in from graphics import * File "C:\Users\sarvesh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\graphics.py", line 1 Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:43:08) [MSC v.1926 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax Please do let me know if I am missing out something very basic. Thanks and I look forward.On Saturday, 1 August, 2020, 07:54:19 am IST, boB Stepp wrote: On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 9:24 AM Sarvesh Poddar via Python-list wrote: > I re-installed Python in my Windows system as the earlier one was not able to > import modules... You do not provide much detail to diagnose what your problem(s) is(are). By the "earlier one" is it the same version as the one you re-installed? Were you able to run IDLE with the "earlier one"? By not being able to import modules do you mean modules from Python's standard library? Or do you mean installing third party libraries using pip? > ...But now I am not able to open IDLE after multiple tries. Have you looked in your start menu in the list of installed programs for Python? If it is there did you expand it and see if there is an entry for IDLE? How have you been trying (unsuccessfully) to open IDLE? -- boB -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
