PyCharm module import error
Question: I am new to PyCharm and am having difficulty importing modules that I have
written into the Python console. If I try to import a module that is native to
Python I can import that module without difficulty but if I try to import a
module that I have written I get an ImportError: No module named
'ModuleITriedToImportName'. For instance here is a simple self written module
to pickle files called "filepickle":

    
    
    import pickle
    
    def saveDbase(filename, object):
        file = open(filename, 'wb')
        #pickle.dump(object, file)       # pickle to file
        #pickle.dump(object, open(filename, 'wb'))
        pickle.dump(object, file)
        file.close()                     # any file-like object will do
    
    def loadDbase(filename):
        file = open(filename, 'rb')
        object = pickle.load(file)       # unpickle from file
        file.close()                     # recreates object in memory
        return object
    

If I try to "import pickle" at the PyCharm Python Console then the import
works without any error. If I try to "import filepickle" I receive the error
message:

    
    
    ImportError: No module named 'filepickle'
    

The module filepickle works just fine if I run filepickle within PyCharm but I
am unable to import filepickle in the Python console. If anybody knows how to
get PyCharm to allow me to import modules that I have written into the PyCharm
Python console I would appreciate the help.


Answer: I couldn't reproduce your error (PyCharm 5.0.4, OS X 10.10.5, Python
3.4.3/2.7.6). You could try run this code in a console to find out the current
working directory, and if it's not the same as filepickle's one, most likely
it is the problem.

    
    
    import os
    os.getcwd()
    

