"TypeError: 'module' object is not callable" trying to use pprint

Question

I’ve tried this code to pretty print a dict:

import pprint

pprint({})

This throws the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "temp.py", line 3, in <module>
    pprint({})
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

Why is it not callable?

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Answer 1

Try importing using:

from pprint import pprint

The pprint() function is in the pprint module.

Answered By: Jamie Bull

Answer 2

you need to use the module name when calling.

import pprint
pprint.pprint(...)

Or you can import a specific method.

from pprint import pprint
pprint(...)

Answered By: Rajarshi Das

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