The following doesn't work, probably because packages is a list of strings. Is there any way to have such a loop in python?
packages=['numpy','scipy']
for p in packages:
import p
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The answer you seek is [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/301134/dynamic-module-import-in-python). This question should probably be considered a duplicate. – Wolf Aug 14 '15 at 15:04
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Why? This is a really bad practice. – Morgan Thrapp Aug 14 '15 at 15:04
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It's generally better not to, even though it is possible. – SuperBiasedMan Aug 14 '15 at 15:07
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I was planning to put them in try-except block, so this would just save from extra lines. Why is this a bad practice @Morgan @Super? – Armut Aug 14 '15 at 17:16