python: after installing anaconda, how to import pandas

Question

I have installed anaconda. Now when i am trying to run

import pandas as pd

I am getting the following error

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Answer 1

I've had the same exact problem in that I installed Anaconda because a python script I want to use relies on pandas, and that after so doing, python still returned the same comment that "pandas module is missing" or something to that effect.

When I typed "python" to see which python was being called, I found it was still accessing the older version of python 2.7, even though when I installed Anaconda the installer asked (and I agreed) that it would make its python the default python on my machine (PC running Windows 7).

I tried to find if there is a CONFIG.SYS file on the PC, but gave up after searching in various places (If anyone knows, please tell me). I got around the problem by writing a one-line batch script named python2.bat that called the Anaconda2 version of python, which then worked. However, it would clearly be better to change the CONFIG.SYS or whatever the PC uses to decide which version of python to call.