Importing Python Package from another folder

Question

I have seen many questions and answers for this same, but none of them solved mine. Please have a look into this,

This is my folder structure,

code/ 
  helloworld.py
stdlib/
  stdio.py
  stddraw.py 
  __init__.py

Inside __init.py i have done

from . import stdio

Inside helloworld.py, i have done

from ..stdlib import stdio
stdio.writeln("Test")

But it says me an error saying, "attempted relative import with no known parent package" Can anyone please explain me what i am doing wrong in this case?

This question [(Importing files from different folder)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4383571/importing-files-from-different-folder) might be what you're looking for. — Have a nice day, Feb 23 '21 at 03:59
as @wangonya suggested, you should make a parent package and add a __init__.py file. After that you should import like this: ```from stdlib import *``` — Anjaan, Feb 23 '21 at 04:06

wangonya · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-23T04:05:27.090

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As the error says, you would need a "parent package" for what you're currently doing to work. Something like this:

parent/
 __init__.py
 code/ 
  helloworld.py
 stdlib/
  stdio.py
  stddraw.py 
  __init__.py

edited Feb 23 '21 at 04:05

answered Feb 23 '21 at 04:02

wangonya

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I have done this, but it also doent seem to work – nano Feb 23 '21 at 04:04
I like to call a function from stdio.py inside helloworld.py. I believe i should have explained this first. Apologies – nano Feb 23 '21 at 04:05
Where are you running the script from? This might not work if you run the script outside of `parent` – wangonya Feb 23 '21 at 04:07
My executable is helloworld.py file – nano Feb 23 '21 at 04:08
Is the error being shown on a console when you try to run the script or on a text editor? – wangonya Feb 23 '21 at 04:09
Does running `python helloworld.py` on a console work (despite the vscode error)? – wangonya Feb 23 '21 at 04:13

Importing Python Package from another folder

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