how to import a module from a different directory in python?

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Importing Python modules from different working directory

I want to import a file that is on the following directory:

 E:\edX\cs6.00x\week6\ProblemSet6

I was trying:

import 'E:\edX\cs6.00x\week6\ProblemSet6\ps6'

where ps6.py is the file i wanted imported in the IDLE, but it complains about a sintax error in the last ', how can I fix that?

Answer 1

You can

import sys
sys.path.append("E:\edX\cs6.00x\week6\ProblemSet6")

and then simply

import ps6

Answer 2

import sys
sys.path.append("E:\edX\cs6.00x\week6\ProblemSet6\ps6")

import file_in_ps6.py

Answer 3

import imp
foo = imp.load_source('ps6', 'E:\edX\cs6.00x\week6\ProblemSet6\ps6.py')
foo.BlaBla()

Answer 4

One possible solution could be to put a mth suffixed file in your sys.prefix directory.

>>> import sys
>>> sys.prefix
'F:\\F-ProgramFiles\\Python-3.2.3'
>>>

So in my case the directory is 'F:\F-ProgramFiles\Python-3.2.3'. I can create a file named forexample 'mymodules.mth' in this directory (with the suffix .mth) which contains at least two lines with the following syntax:

<module1 name without module filename suffix>
<absolute file path to your module1 file>
<module2 name without module filename suffix>
<absolute file path to your module2 file>
<module3 name without module filename suffix>
<absolute file path to your module3 file>
        .
        .
        .

After that if you restart a new python session, normally you should have the visibility to your module and being able to import your desired module(s).

Regards,

Dariyoosh