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Import an arbitrarily named module
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Updated over 9 years ago (11 Mar 2009 at 03:23 PM)
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| In Brief | Just doing an __import__ only gets you the top level module (importing os.path would only get you os). Use this function to drill down.... more |
| Language | Python |
# 's
1def import_module(name):
2 module = __import__(name)
3 if '.' in name:
4 for segment in name.split('.')[1:]:
5 module = getattr(module, segment)
6 return module
Just doing an __import__ only gets you the top level module (importing os.path would only get you os). Use this function to drill down.
Usage:
# 's
1>>> import_module('os.path')
2<module 'posixpath' from '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/posixpath.pyc'>
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