[FIXED] AttributeError: module object has no attribute "Series". Code works in iPython

Issue

Submodules aren't implicitly imported, and must be explicitly declared, but I'm making an explicit call to the pd.Series submodule, aren't I?

Regardless, shouldn't import pandas as pd allow for pd.Series to be called? The following code works flawlessly in iPython, but fails when executed from a script.

#!/usr/bin/env/python2.7
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

counts = pd.Series([632, 1638, 569, 115], index=["Firmicutes", "Proteobacteria", "Actinobacteria", "Bacteroidetes"])

Results in:

tyler@machine ~/src/stats $ python pandas.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pandas.py", line 3, in <module>
    import pandas as pd
  File "/home/tyler/src/stats/pandas.py", line 6, in <module>
    counts = pd.Series([632, 1638, 569, 115], index=["Firmicutes", "Proteobacteria", "Actinobacteria", "Bacteroidetes"])
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Series'

Where have I gone wrong?

Solution

The issue is that you've called your module pandas. Call it something else. And don't forget to delete the pandas.pyc generated on import pandas or else it will keep failing.

Answered By - Phillip Cloud