Import Python Module through C# .NET using IronPython
c#, ironpython, nltk, python
Solution
Python uses the structure of a package name to search for a module, so if you ask for `nltk.classify.util` it will look for `nltk\classify\util.py` starting from each directory in the search path.
So in your example, you want to change `dir2` as follows:
string dir2 = @"C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages";
Problem
I am trying to run a Python class through C# .NET using IronPython, a couple of the Modules imported by the Python class are: ``` import collections import nltk.classify.util ``` In order to import these when running IronPython, I am using the GetSearchPath collection of the ScriptEngine to add the path to the location of the Python library, as such: ``` ICollection<string> paths = pyEngine.GetSearchPaths(); string dir = @"C:\Python27\Lib\"; paths.Add(dir); string dir2 = @"C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\nltk\classify\"; paths.Add(dir2); pyEngine.SetSearchPaths(paths); ``` This seems to run fine for the collections Module, but not the nltk.classify.util, and I get the following error when calling the Execute method of the ScriptEngine: No module named nltk.classify.util Even tho the util module lives in the path specified above. I take it the issue has to do with the way the import is specified in the Python class ('.' delimited), just not sure how to solve it. Any ideas where am going wrong?