Newbie question.. how to load modules with a dynamic name?

[dsavitsk]

"Ron Scinta" <nb0klun71q5001 at sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a need to run various python script files from a master control
>  script, however, I do not know the names of the scripts until runtime.
>
>  I will be getting the script names from a database.. and was thinking I
>  could just use the import call with the supplied name.
>
>  This does not work alas....
>  >>> mymod = "ptw"

>>> exec('import ' + mymod)

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