On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:40:09 AM UTC-5, Peter Otten wrote: > kevin...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > >> > How do I get the value of the config file variable "myVar"?? It seems > > >> > it's interpreting the variable name as a string rather than a variable > > >> > name. I don't see any python function stringToVariable. > > > > >> The line: > > >> > > >> configModuleObject = imp.load_source(fileName, filePath) > > > > >> imports the module and then binds it to the name configModuleObject, > > >> > > >> therefore: > > >> > > >> print configModuleObject.myVar > > > > > > Yep, I tried that right off as that's how I thought it would work, but it > > > doesn't work. Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "mainScript.py", line 31, in <module> > > > print configModuleObject.myVar > > > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'myVar' > > > > Try again with > > > > module = imp.load_source("made_up_name", "a15800") > > print module.myVar > > > > If the file "a15800" is not in the current working directory, give the > > complete path, e. g: > > > > module = imp.load_source("made_up_name", "/path/to/a15800") > > print module.myVar > > > > The first arg serves as the module's name which is used for caching to speed > > up repeated imports: > > > > >>> import imp > > >>> import sys > > >>> "made_up_name" in sys.modules > > False > > >>> module = imp.load_source("made_up_name", "a15800") > > >>> module.myVar > > 'hello' > > >>> "made_up_name" in sys.modules > > True > > >>> module > > <module 'made_up_name' from 'a15800c'>
Thanks Peter Otten, that worked. I was not able to understand the documentation for imp.load_source correctly. Thanks so much! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list