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I am a beginner to Python, and I am having trouble importing a list into my other Python file. I have two files. One is article_analyzer.py and the other is keywords.py. Both are in the same directory. I have tried importing a list called keywords_list from keywords.py. But it is not working. I have tried typing import keywords and then printing print(keywords_list), but this just results in this error: NameError: name 'keywords_list' is not defined. I have also tried from keywords import * but it results in the same thing.

EMC
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  • Does this answer your question? [Can't import my own modules in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9383014/cant-import-my-own-modules-in-python) – Björn Apr 17 '20 at 06:13
  • Maybe [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51592182/how-to-import-my-own-modules-the-elegant-way) also helps – Björn Apr 17 '20 at 06:15
  • `import keywords;print(keywords.keywords_list)` may be what you want – tdelaney Apr 17 '20 at 06:23

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I am not sure what I did, but I played around with the keywords.py file and it appears to be working now.

EMC
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you can't import local variable from other file, you can import function, class or global variable.

for example

# keywords.py

def keywords_list:
  return ['a', 'b', 'c']

# article_analyzer.py

import keywords

keywords_list = keywords.keywords_list()
print(keywords_list)
# [a, b, c]
Surya Mahadi
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  • I don't think this is the problem. It did not work when I tried it. I tried to define a different function in the `keywords.py` folder and I still got the same error. – EMC Apr 17 '20 at 06:35