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I'm new to python, so apologies in advance if I’m being stupid.

I'm having trouble importing the pyperclip module to my script. The following error pops up when i type in import pyperclip. 

runfile('C:/Users/Pruthvi/Practice.py', wdir='C:/Users/Pruthvi')
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Users\Pruthvi\Practice.py", line 1, in <module>
    import pyperclip

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyperclip'

Having followed the steps in automate the boring stuff with python, I’ve successfully installed the module using pip install pyperclip and it was saved to the c:\users\pruthvi\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages directory by default.

Is this the right folder to save third-party modules and to import them after? Or is there some other reason why I can't import it?

Many thanks, Pruthvi

Pruthvi Amin
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I found the solution.

The problem was that my IDE (Spyder) was searching in the wrong folder for downloaded modules. All modules downloaded using pip get downloaded to the c:\users\USERNAME\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages directory by default. So I simply set my PATH (where the interpreter searches for files) to this directory.

Corey Schafer has a great video on how to set a PATH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdIHeg4jj2c

Pruthvi Amin
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On LINUX, I tried to use:

pip3 install pyperclip

and then it works for me.

I didn't have a technical answer for that, but it is related to python3 compatibility of the module

barny
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