On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, dikshie apparently wrote:
so import numpy and from numpy import *
are different ?
http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.html
hth,
Alan Isaac
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Hi,
successfully installed numpy but i cant use it (numpy is not defined).
for example:
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Nov 25 2007, 02:18:29)
[GCC 4.2.1 20070719 [FreeBSD]] on freebsd7
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from numpy import *
numpy.__version__
Traceback
dikshie wrote:
from numpy import *
numpy.__version__
Traceback (most recent call last):
File stdin, line 1, in module
NameError: name 'numpy' is not defined
any hints ?
yes, you did an import *, which means bring all the names in the
numpy module into this namespace. There is no name:
On Dec 29, 2007 1:57 AM, Christopher Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the names in the
numpy module into this namespace. There is no name: numpy in the numpy
module -- it's the name of the module itself. Try:
import numpy
numpy.__version__
so import numpy and from numpy import *
are
On Dec 29, 2007 1:38 PM, Travis E. Oliphant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, the key is what names are imported into the current namespace
(what names are visible to your code).
import numpy
loads the module and places the name numpy in the current namespace
which points to the loaded module.