Python 2.5.4 - ImportError: No module named etree.ElementTree

python import elementtree
Jen picture Jen · Jun 18, 2010 · Viewed 36.4k times · Source

I'm running Python 2.5.4 on Windows and I keep getting an error when trying to import the ElementTree or cElementTree modules. The code is very simple (I'm following a tutorial):

import xml.etree.ElementTree as xml

root = xml.Element('root')
child = xml.Element('child')
root.append(child)
child.attrib['name'] = "Charlie"
file = open("test.xml", 'w')
xml.ElementTree(root).write(file)
file.close()

I get the error message when I run it from the cmd or but not when I directly try it from the Python interpreter. 

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File "C:\xml.py", line 31, in <module>
  import xml.etree.ElementTree as xml   
File "C:\xml.py", line 31, in <module>
  import xml.etree.ElementTree as xml
ImportError: No module named etree.ElementTree

Also, I checked and the module is there in C:\Python25\Lib\xml\etree

Answer

Leon X. W. picture Leon X. W. · Apr 26, 2012

Because your original file name is C:\xml.py

Change the file name to any other name

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