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mislavcimpersak / tryimport.py
Created August 27, 2013 09:55
method that returns False when a python module cannot be imported, else it imports it
# usage:
# something = tryimport('from_string1', 'string2')
# or
# something = tryimport('string1')
def tryimport(modname1, modname2=None):
try:
if modname2 is None:
return __import__(modname1)
else: