I'm on mac using python2.7 and I have 2 python files under same directory
$ls *.py
1p.py 2.py
And they're very simple:
$cat 1p.py
def f():
print "hello"
$cat 2.py
import 1p
f()
But running 2.py failed:
$python 2.py
File "2.py", line 1
import 1p
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Do I need to setup and env variable, or to change my program? Thanks
In order to be imported, module names, and thus file names must be valid python identifiers. So even if your filesystem accepts the name, it's not enough.
An identifier like 1p
isn't valid, you have to rename your module file. Why not p1.py
instead? That would work.