import module as new name

[tll]

I have been lurking for a while, trying to figure out if I can tackle a project with MP on SP32. MP beginner. I guess is time to start with a silly questions...

Why does this work

>>> import os as ox
>>> ox.listdir()

but I get syntax error on

>>> import TTGO-T4-Pins as pinmap
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[Roberthh]

Because TTGO-T4-Pins is an expression and not a name. Try using TTGO_T4_Pins or the like.

[tll]

microPython... microCobol... aren't they similar?

I just took a piece of a github package as the name... Now it likes it and what is more, with a couple of tweaks, the board is working!

Thank you

[pythoncoder]

I know nothing of Cobol but Python interprets "-" as an operator. Consequently, as @Roberthh says, "TTGO-T4-Pins" is interpreted as an expression and not a name.

[tll]

Thank you Peter, many other languages do to... Just as a COBOL curiosity tidbit, variables are commonly a string of hyphenated words, a bit on the verbose side. Operators have to be space separated from variables.

Thank you again
Tony