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Flinch · Jul 12th, 2005, 11:21 AM

Well, I am a newb when it comes to Python, but not programming in general. I am an experienced PHP programmer, but that's off-topic. Anyway, I downloaded Python v2.3 and Pygame v1.6 for Python 2.3 and installed both; Python to Program Files\Python23 and Pygame to Program Files\Python23\Lib\site-packages. Now, to my bleak understanding, to use a module in Python, you use Import. So, I do this:

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import pygame

Now, when I try to do anythin with that module I get errors:

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>>>pygame.init()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#6>", line 1, in -toplevel-
    pygame.init()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'init'

I have read all of the intro articles at pygame.org on how to install and get it working, and they all say to just use import. I know it's importing pygame because when I print pygame it tells me the directory of the installed module.

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>>>print pygame
<module 'pygame' from 'C:\Program Files\Python23\lib\pygame.pyc'>

I would really appreciate any help at all.

Jul 12th, 2005, 11:21 AM	#1
Flinch Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Python and Pygame Well, I am a newb when it comes to Python, but not programming in general. I am an experienced PHP programmer, but that's off-topic. Anyway, I downloaded Python v2.3 and Pygame v1.6 for Python 2.3 and installed both; Python to Program Files\Python23 and Pygame to Program Files\Python23\Lib\site-packages. Now, to my bleak understanding, to use a module in Python, you use Import. So, I do this: (Toggle Plain Text) import pygame import pygame Now, when I try to do anythin with that module I get errors: (Toggle Plain Text) >>>pygame.init() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#6>", line 1, in -toplevel- pygame.init() AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'init' >>>pygame.init() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#6>", line 1, in -toplevel- pygame.init() AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'init' I have read all of the intro articles at pygame.org on how to install and get it working, and they all say to just use import. I know it's importing pygame because when I print pygame it tells me the directory of the installed module. (Toggle Plain Text) >>>print pygame <module 'pygame' from 'C:\Program Files\Python23\lib\pygame.pyc'> >>>print pygame <module 'pygame' from 'C:\Program Files\Python23\lib\pygame.pyc'> I would really appreciate any help at all.