How to import a file that starts with numbers (227exercise.py)?

Question

I tried to import the file 227exercise.py, but keep getting following error:

SyntaxError: Invalid Syntax

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '19 at 05:05

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You can do this with importlib.

import importlib
module = importlib.import_module("227exercise")
print(repr(module))
# <module '227exercise' from '/home/ubuntu/227exercise.py'>

However, it is still strongly recommended that you name your python files with valid identifiers (they can't begin with digits).

answered Jan 05 '19 at 05:05

iBug

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