TypeError: 'module' object is not callable when importing glob in Eclipse

Question

I am working with Eclipse Kepler(2013) and python 3.3.2 and running a simple import like

import glob
a = glob.glob('*')
print(a)

gives a:

TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

This is not the case if I run the same code in Idle. I know I am missing something.

Any help is appreciated.

Cervantez

What does glob.__file__ returns? – Centring

Never use the same name of a built-in module or function. – Kymry

It is mentioned in one answer below, but the solution is very simple: use import glob as glob – Lawhorn

Answer 1

Probably in your Eclipse environment there's a module named glob that gets imported before the standard library one.

Try printing the glob.__file__ to check it out.

Concordia

THis comment helped understanding the problem. Grazie Paolo! – Cervantez

Answer 2

What worked for me was i changed import glob to from glob import glob at the top of the file.

Doerrer

This is the best answer here – Lawhorn

Answer 3

In some cases people end up using same file name as built in modules. Don't name your file as "glob.py".

Microcyte

Thanks! that was it. Also, if you have a left-over glob.pyc file that got created from your glob.py - clean it too... – Witham

Answer 4

This is only possible if you've defined a package named glob in the module search path, so instead of loading the built-in module glob python is importing that package.

Something like this in the module search path

glob
├── glob.py
├── glob.pyc
├── __init__.py
└── __init__.pyc

will produce the same error:

>>> import glob
>>> glob.__file__
'/home/monty/py/glob/__init__.pyc'
>>> glob.glob()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

You need to change the name of this package to something else because it seems to be present on the module search path used by eclipse.

Centring

LOL. I named my python script 'glob.py' and wondered why I couldn't access the glob module. – Trematode

Answer 5

I changed import glob to from glob import glob. It works fine for me. You can try it

Op

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