"linda.s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >I read an example code, with something like: > from a.b import * > I checked and found a is a folder name and b is python code in that > folder. I typed the above code in the IDLE and no error was > reported. > Why a.b works?
This is Python "package" notation. You can make a folder of python modules into a package by adding a file called __init__.py. The details are described here: http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.html#SECTION008400000000000000000 HTH, -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor