Hi Linda, At your Python prompt try the following:
>>> import sys >>> print sys.path What directories are listed there? On 9/17/06, linda.s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i have test.py under c:\try1\new; > > > I want to import b and b.py is under c:\trytry. How to do it? > > > Also, I import c and c.py is in the desktop folder but no error > > > reported. > > > > Python imports modules by looking for them in the folders > > listed in the variable sys.path. sys.path gets populated when > > Python starts up and includes some standard locations plus > > any you define in your PYTHONPATH environment variable. > > > I checked my PYTHONPATH environment variable (both user variables and > system variables) but I only see a directory (which is a downloaded > python library's directory listed under PYTHONPATH in user variables . > My questions are: > 1. since the desktop directory is not listed in the PYTHONPATH , > why there is no error report when I import a module which is in the desktop? > 2. why there is no directory such as c:\python24 where I install the python? > Thanks, > Linda > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
