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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Objects What Are Objects And Classes?

Shawndee Boyd
Shawndee Boyd
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Posted by Shawndee Boyd
Shawndee Boyd
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import Monster

Everytime I try to import Monster, It gives me an error. What am I doing wrong?

Shawndee Boyd
Shawndee Boyd
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Shawndee Boyd
Shawndee Boyd
6,002 Points

I get a traceback error: File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>

ImportError: cannot import name 'Monster'

Stephen Hopkinson
Stephen Hopkinson
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Stephen Hopkinson
Stephen Hopkinson
4,648 Points

I'm having the same problem. My monster.py file is as follows:

class Monster:
    hit_points = 1
    color = 'yellow'
    weapon = 'sword'

And I type the following into the console:

python
from monster import Monster

Which gives the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):                                           
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>                                        
ImportError: cannot import name 'Monster'

7 Answers

Jeyananthan Sivakumaran
Jeyananthan Sivakumaran
6,728 Points
Jeyananthan Sivakumaran
Jeyananthan Sivakumaran
6,728 Points

You have to be cd into the directory where your scripts are before you run python.

I.e. If you have your scripts in C:\Python34\Scripts. First run cmd Then cd C:\Python34\Scripts Then type python Then when you get the >>> Type in: from monster import Monster

That works for me. The standard directory was C:\Windows\System32\ on cmd. And so Python couldn't find the script. It works once I started python from C:\Python34\Scripts instead.

David Bouchare
David Bouchare
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David Bouchare
David Bouchare
9,224 Points

Can you show us the code you wrote first?

It should be along these lines:

from ... import ...
Bret Runestad
Bret Runestad
3,376 Points
Bret Runestad
Bret Runestad
3,376 Points

I had the same problem, and realized that it was because I was using the workspace that I still had up for the previous Python course - "Python Collections." An answer that Kenneth gave to a different question led me to try opening the workspace immediately associated with this course, and that solved the problem for me.

paulthomson3
paulthomson3
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paulthomson3
paulthomson3
4,151 Points

I had the same problem. I had just forgotten to click File and then Save monster.py after I created the Monster class.

Thomas Helms
Thomas Helms
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Thomas Helms
Thomas Helms
16,816 Points

I know that this might be super old and sorry for necro'ing a dead thread, but I had the same problem. My solution was to be outside of python (at console command line), write the code, save it, check the directory that monster.py was there (you can us the command ls to list the files in the directory), then launch into Python and do 'from monster import Monster'

Ginny Gao
Ginny Gao
4,300 Points
Ginny Gao
Ginny Gao
4,300 Points

Had the same problem, was able to solve by saving your py file, close the workspace, then open it again. I was working in another python workspace for another class before, not sure if that was the problem.

Tony McCabe
Tony McCabe
4,889 Points
Tony McCabe
Tony McCabe
4,889 Points

Answer is simple: from monster import Monster... seriously!