Python module with a dash, or hyphen (-) in its name
Solution 1:
You can do that using __import__()
. For example:
foobar = __import__("foo-bar")
But you really should rename the module instead. That way you can avoid confusion where the filename of the module is different from the identifier used in the program.
Solution 2:
I know this question has already been answered to satisfaction of the asker, but here is another answer which I believes has some merit above using __import__()
.
import importlib
mod = importlib.import_module("path.to.my-module")
# mod.yourmethod()
According to the docs:
"This provides an implementation of import which is portable to any
Python interpreter. This also provides an implementation which is
easier to comprehend than one implemented in a programming language
other than Python."
Python 2.7
+ only