from (some module) import *

[Marc Christiansen]

Ed elb at cfdrc.com wrote:
> I'm new to Python, I hope I'm not trying to do the wrong thing here, but
> pls correct me if I am:
> 
> I want to prompt for a module name, then import it.  How do I make the
> module name in the "from" or "import" operators a variable?  I was
> trying
> 
> print "enter the file name"
> filename = raw_input()
> from filename import *

try this: >>> exec "from "+filename+" import *"

exec-can-be-usefull-ly y'rs Marc
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