[Tutor] Idle

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> >> (I have looked at the documentation for import and it talks about
> sys.path, so maybe I could add directories to sys.path in Idle?
> 
> Yes, you could indeed. Just do this:
> 
> ###
> import sys
> sys.path.append("C:\\source\\python\\")
> ###

Or set the PYTHONPATH environment variable.

> 
> And you should now be able to import dvtest.py.

But note that you do so by writing:

import dvtest

ie you don't include the file extension '.py'

Alan g.
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