IPython evaluate file from local directory

Asked Oct 15 '18 at 19:17

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I'm wondering how I would go about evaluating the definitions of a python file in the directory my IPython REPL is running in. This would seem like a great workflow to be able to test the functions I just wrote inside the REPL.

This doesn't work:

with open('file.py') as f: eval(f.read())

asked Oct 15 '18 at 19:17

Philippe

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Maybe just `import` it? – Thierry Lathuille Oct 15 '18 at 19:23
Note that [this specific answer on the duplicate](https://stackoverflow.com/a/41658346/364696) covers an `ipython` specific trick to do this. – ShadowRanger Oct 15 '18 at 19:32
@ThierryLathuille How does that work? – Philippe Oct 16 '18 at 12:04

IPython evaluate file from local directory

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