Importing a module using a variable name

[Winstonb]

Hello,

I would like to import a module using a "read in" variable.
eg, something along the lines of:

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variable = raw_input("Module name is: ") # type in MYMOD
import variable
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The import command however doesn't expand "variable" to "MYMOD".

ie, ImportError: no module named variable

Does anyone know any way round this ?

 

[ZaSter]

Dangerous, but if you must:

The file t.py contains:

variable = raw_input("Module name is:  ") 
exec("import " + variable)

The file t2.py contains:

print "Hello."

[tt]$ python t.py
Module name is: t2
Hello.


[/tt]

 

[Winstonb]

Thanks ZaSter,
That worker perfectly.

Winston