AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'letters'

[black_13]

On Feb 11, 5:33 pm, John Machin <sjmac... at lexicon.net> wrote:
> On Feb 12, 9:24 am,black_13<jjosb... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > what does this error mean?
> > i am trying to use mark hammonds win32 package.
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> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "aui2.py", line 11, in <module>
> >     import win32com.client
> >   File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py",
> > line 12, in <module>
> >     import dynamic, gencache, pythoncom
> >   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
> > line 24, in <module>
> >     import build
> >   File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line
> > 507, in <module>
> >     valid_identifier_chars = string.letters + string.digits + "_"
> > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'letters'
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> If you have a file called string.py in the same directory as your
> script, move/rename/delete it.
> Otherwise run python from the command line with the -v option and find
> where it's getting the interloper string module from.- Hide quoted text -
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You were correct! I went back to my work machine and there it was. For
some
insane reason I had a py file string.py in the same directory as the
script
I was working on.
thanks
black_13