Module in list can't be imported

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I know that this could be marked as a duplicate, but hear me out!
The questions like this one are horribly out of date and no longer apply to my needs!

I used help("Modules")to get a list of all installed modules.
The module I was looking for, "crypt" was in the list.
When I tried to import it in the shell and in a new file, I got the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
    import crypt
  File "C:\Users\Work\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\crypt.py", line 3, in <module>
import _crypt
ImportError: No module named '_crypt'

Note: I did not call it with an underscore

Kevin Seaman · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-31T06:51:43.570

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It looks like you are trying to run it on Windows -- crypt is a Unix-only library.

https://docs.python.org/dev/library/crypt.html

edited Dec 31 '16 at 06:51

answered Dec 31 '16 at 06:46

Kevin Seaman

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Ah, ok. That makes sense. Why doesn't Windows have it? – User9124 Dec 31 '16 at 06:53
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Because the underlying service it relies on, the crypt(3) routine, doesn't exist in Windows. – Kevin Seaman Dec 31 '16 at 06:54

Module in list can't be imported

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