word_cloud: Failed to import wordcloud - DLL load failed

Hey,

I am getting the error as below:

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ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-14-dc1828f2a80e> in <module>()
----> 1 import wordcloud

~\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\wordcloud\__init__.py in <module>()
----> 1 from .wordcloud import (WordCloud, STOPWORDS, random_color_func,
      2                         get_single_color_func)
      3 from .color_from_image import ImageColorGenerator
      4 
      5 __all__ = ['WordCloud', 'STOPWORDS', 'random_color_func',

~\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\wordcloud\wordcloud.py in <module>()
     17 from operator import itemgetter
     18 
---> 19 from PIL import Image
     20 from PIL import ImageColor
     21 from PIL import ImageDraw

~\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\PIL\Image.py in <module>()
     56     # Also note that Image.core is not a publicly documented interface,
     57     # and should be considered private and subject to change.
---> 58     from . import _imaging as core
     59     if PILLOW_VERSION != getattr(core, 'PILLOW_VERSION', None):
     60         raise ImportError("The _imaging extension was built for another "

ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

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  • State: closed
  • Created 6 years ago
  • Comments: 26 (14 by maintainers)

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it’s because your file is called wordcloud.py.