Importing icdiff module to my python code is giving error

[Jainpriyal]

Hi,

I have installed icdiff in Mac, its working fine from terminal. But when I am importing it in my python code it is giving error.

ImportError: No module named icdiff

How to import this module, is it not supported ??

[jeffkaufman]

The easiest way to import icdiff is to add it's containing directory to sys.path:

import sys
sys.path.append("/containing/directory ")
import icdiff

[vnitinv]

for what you said, icdiff need to be a .py file. Then only it can be imported.

nitinkr-mba13:ex nitinkr$ which icdiff
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/icdiff
nitinkr-mba13:ex nitinkr$ python
Python 2.7.8 (v2.7.8:ee879c0ffa11, Jun 29 2014, 21:07:35)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import sys
sys.path.append(r'/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin')
import icdiff
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
ImportError: No module named icdiff

[jeffkaufman]

That's fine: rename or symlink it to icdiff.py.

[jeffkaufman]

Also, depending on what you're trying to do, consider Python's built in Difflib.