On 07/23/2012 06:02 AM, Lipska the Kat wrote: > Hello again pythoners > > I'm trying to understand the python package stuff > > I have the following directory > > /home/lipska/python/dev/mods > > In this directory I have two files, both executable > > ---------------------- > > #! /usr/bin/env python3.2 > > # fibo.py Fibonacci numbers module > > def fib(n): # write Fibonacci series up to n > a, b = 0, 1 > while b < n: > print(b, end=' ') > a, b = b, a+b > print() > > ---------------------- > > #! /usr/bin/env python3.2 > > # test.py fibo module test program > > import fibo > > fibo.fib(1000) > > ----------------------- > > The PYTHONPATH ev is set to /home/lipska/python/dev/mods:. > in .bashrc > > The following interactive session works thusly > > lipska@ubuntu:~/python/dev/mods$ python3.2 > Python 3.2.3 (default, Jul 17 2012, 14:23:10) > [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import fibo > >>> fibo.fib(1000) > 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 > >>> > > However if I try and run test.py as an executable I get the following > error > > lipska@ubuntu:~/python/dev/mods$ test.py > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./test.py", line 5, in <module> > fib(1000) > NameError: name 'fib' is not defined >
That line isn't the way you showed it in the source. You showed us source as fibo.fib(1000), and the error message shows it as fib(1000) So you're either cutting & pasting wrong, or you have two test.py files. -- DaveA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list