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The Gunslinger: Jul 24, 2004; Do not forget the face of your father.; Fun Shoe

I decided to pick up Python, I have a fair amount of experience with Perl and C++ but want to update my skillset a bit. My laptop that runs Linux is having hardware problems so I decided to fart around on my Windows gaming PC with this. I'm working through a tutorial book but just encountered an issue.

They want you to mess around with turtle which is part of the standard library. If I call my script or invoke Python in a command shell from my base user directory (C:\users\TGS) I can import turtle and work with it just fine. If I try to import it from a folder on my desktop, I can't. I just get an unknown attribute error since it can't find the library. I've checked the PATH and the installation directory for Python is there so uh, anyone know what gives?

# ¿ Mar 21, 2017 01:36

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 20:37

The Gunslinger: Jul 24, 2004; Do not forget the face of your father.; Fun Shoe

I just uninstalled Python and installed Anaconda instead. Having the same problem though.

code:

C:\Users\TGS\Desktop\Python>python bob.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bob.py", line 8, in <module>
    import turtle
  File "C:\Users\TGS\Desktop\Python\turtle.py", line 2, in <module>
    bob = turtle.Turtle()
AttributeError: module 'turtle' has no attribute 'Turtle'

Anaconda is installed and has set itself in my Path. I just want to be able to work from any directory and import libraries from the standard libs. Do I need to specify the folder when I do this? I don't really understand why its looking for turtle.py inside of that directory instead of in C:\users\TGS\Anaconda3. After setting the PYTHONPATH it still does the same thing.

I can only import sys and print sys.path if I run python from a shell in C:\users\TGS. It shows the default Anaconda install directory, scripts sub folders and etc.

I just want to be able to run scripts from any directory instead of being locked to my user directory.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2017 13:17

The Gunslinger: Jul 24, 2004; Do not forget the face of your father.; Fun Shoe

Haha holy poo poo I hope it's that simple, just got into work but I'll RDP into my machine later and check. Thanks man.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2017 13:42

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