Importing Classes from another file

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I'm trying to import the User class from a file called gui.py into another called snake.py. I want to import the class so that I can use ,a method within the class and an instance of the class called current_user. But when I do:

from gui import User

It imports everything from gui.py. Does anyone know where I've gone wrong and what I can do to fix this? I'm new to working with multiple files in Python and this is quite confusing to me. The files for this are available at: https://github.com/VladRadoi08/Snake-LoginUI

Thanks!

Does this answer your question? [Why is Python running my module when I import it, and how do I stop it?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6523791/why-is-python-running-my-module-when-i-import-it-and-how-do-i-stop-it) — Macattack, Oct 27 '20 at 17:27
So doing the if __name__ = "__main__" should stop running the gui.py code and only import the class? Did I understand that okay? — , Oct 27 '20 at 17:32
yes, put a `print` inside and outside the if if it helps you understand — Macattack, Oct 27 '20 at 17:38

user3150635 · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-27T17:41:59.367

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Anything in the file you import will be run. To prevent this, try putting all the code you don't want to run within this conditional:

if __name__ == "__main__":

That will ensure it only runs if you actually run the python file instead of importing it.

edited Oct 27 '20 at 17:41

answered Oct 27 '20 at 17:31

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