import

[faulkner]

that should be __init__.py [TWO underscores].
and you might want to import sys and check sys.path [the list of
directories searched by the import mechanism].


David Jackson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a real beginner with python but have what I think is a simple question.
> I am writing some simple modules and would like to place them into a
> subdirectory.  But then I cannot seem to import them.  I have tried the
> following.
>
> I wrote a module called fibo.py with some definitions in it (one called
> fibo).  In the same directory, I wrote another file (test.py) and began with
> import fibo.  This worked fine and I was able to use the function fibo as
> fibo.fibo.  Then, I made a directory called test and placed the file fibo.py
> in this directory.  I also placed a blank file called _init_.py into this
> directory.  I went back to the original directory and tried to import
> test.fibo but this fails.  I get the following error message:
>
> Traceback (innermost last)
>   File "...test.py", line 1, in ?
>     import test.fibo
>   File "...test.py", line 1, in ?
>     import test.fibo
> ImportError: No module named fibo
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  If it makes any difference, I'm
> working on a Mac, OSX 10.3.9
> 
> Thanks,
> David