Python – How to Import a Module With Spaces in Its Name

Let’s say I have a module named “Excellent Module.py”

How would I import that into a script since:

import Excellent Module

doesn’t work?

Answer, use:

ExcellentModule = __import__('Excellent Module')

Thanks Farshid.

Posted by Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher) on Feb 16th, 2006 and is filed under Python, Uncategorized.

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2 Responses to “Python – How to Import a Module With Spaces in Its Name”

  1. Bob Ippolito says:
    February 16th, 2006 at 10:28 pm

    The real answer is: don’t create modules with spaces in their name.

    __import__ doesn’t do what you’d expect for packages.

  2. Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher) says:
    February 16th, 2006 at 11:10 pm

    Yes, yes, Bob. I meant to say “assuming you have a really good reason for having spaces in the name”. ;-)