Typeerror: 'Module' Object Is Not Subscriptable
I'm Using Python Version 3.6. Mystuff. Py Includes: Mystuff = {'Donut': "She Loves Donuts!"} mystuffTest. Py Includes This Import Mystuff Print...
I'm using python version 3.6.
mystuff.py includes:
mystuff = {'donut': "SHE LOVES DONUTS!"}
mystuffTest.py includes this
import mystuff
print (mystuff['donut'])
The error that I receive when I run mystuffTest.py is as follows:
$ python3.6 mystuffTrythis.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "mystuffTrythis.py", line 3, in <module>
print (mystuff['donut'])
TypeError: 'module' object is not subscriptable
So far I haven't seen this exact error here on stackoverflow. Can anyone explain why I am getting this error?
2 Answers
import mystuff is importing the module mystuff, not the variable mystuff. To access the variable you'd need to use:
import mystuff
print(mystuff.mystuff['donut'])
EDIT: It's also possible to import the variable directly, using:
from mystuff import mystuff
print(mystuff['donut'])
I got this error because a later from __ import * statement imported a module which bound my variable to something else:
from stuff_a import d
from stuff_b import *
d['key']
In stuff_b.py, d was bound to a module, hence the error. Lesson learned: avoid importing * from modules.
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