On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Emile van Sebille <em...@fenx.com> wrote: > On 10/15/2014 5:40 PM, ryguy7272 wrote: >> >> ImportError: No module named 'urllib2' >> I'm telling Python to import because it doesn't exist and it throws an >> error. I don't get it; I just don't get it. If I'm working with R, I can >> import thousands of libraries with no errors whatsoever. With Python, I >> just get thousands of errors with nothing working whatsoever. I totally >> don't understand this language. Import means import. Right. WTF!!!!! > > > So, maybe Import doesn't mean import -- perhaps you expect import to > retrieve content from the web and make it importable(1). That's not what > python's import does. Python's version looks for a local module to import. > > I'd suggest starting with the tutorial. > > Emile > > > (1) which would imply execution of arbitrary code. > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
requests is a better choice than urllib -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
