How to import from a file which is not in the current directory?

[Kurda Yon]

Hi,

I would like to import a function from a file which is located not in
the same directory as the main program (from which the function needed
to be imported).

Could anybody pleas tell me how to do that?

Thank you in advance.

[Philip Semanchuk]

On Oct 22, 2008, at 5:38 PM, Kurda Yon wrote:

Hi,

I would like to import a function from a file which is located not in
the same directory as the main program (from which the function needed
to be imported).

Could anybody pleas tell me how to do that?

Python will search for module files in a number of places:
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modu...le-search-path

sys.path will give you a list of all the places that will look for
modules.

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Luis_M=2E_Gonz=E1lez?=]

Lets say that you are in directory "C:\\Python25" and you want to
import function "bar" defined in module "foo" located in your windows
desktop.
You do it like this:

>>import sys
sys.path.append('C:\\Users\\You\\Desktop')
from foo import blah

So you add your desktop to "sys.path" and then import the function as
though it is in the same directory.
Hope this helps...

Luis

On 22 oct, 18:38, Kurda Yon <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I would like to import a function from a file which is located not in
the same directory as the main program (from which the function needed
to be imported).

Could anybody pleas tell me how to do that?

Thank you in advance.

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Luis_M=2E_Gonz=E1lez?=]

Lets say that you are in directory "C:\\Python25" and you want to
import function "bar" defined in module "foo" located in your windows
desktop.
You do it like this:

>>import sys
sys.path.append('C:\\Users\\You\\Desktop')
from foo import bar

So you add your desktop to "sys.path" and then import the function as
though it is in the same directory.
Hope this helps...
Luis
On 22 oct, 18:38, Kurda Yon <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I would like to import a function from a file which is located not in
the same directory as the main program (from which the function needed
to be imported).

Could anybody pleas tell me how to do that?

Thank you in advance.