When running a python script, I'm trying to import two different classes from two different scripts from the same directory. The first one works, the second one fails, for reasons I have not been able to figure out.
I took all of the useful code out of the imported scripts and made them identical except for the class names to try to limit the number of variables while I was testing solutions.
I had been following along these two guides when the issues occurred
I'm sure it's a mind-numbingly simple fix, but I have not yet been able to figure it out.
Thanks for your help.
Python Version
Python 3.6.9 :: Anaconda, Inc.
Folder Structure
MSAs__init__.pylexer.pymain.pyparser.py
File Contents
__init__.py
"""empty file"""
lexer.py
class Lexer():
def __init__(self):
self.hello = 'world'
parser.py
class Parser():
def __init__(self):
self.hello = 'world'
main.py
from lexer import Lexer
from parser import Parser
p = Parser()
Running the script from the MSAs folder
msas> python main.py
ImportError: cannot import name 'Parser'
Things the internet told me to try, and their results
I feel like a few of these are common sense that they did not work but I was attempting to exhaust all my options.
prefix the module name with a . if not using a subdirectory:
No module named '__main__.lexer'; '__main__' is not a package
change to import parser.Parser
No module named 'parser.Parser'; 'parser' is not a package
change to from . import Parser
AttributeError: module 'parser' has no attribute 'Parser'
insert the working directly into sys.path
ImportError: cannot import name 'Parser'
Switch the order of the import statements
ImportError: cannot import name 'Parser'
parser is a module in Python's standard library, so I believe your code is trying to import Parser from that file, not from your parser.py file. Since that object does not exist, you get the ImportError you see.