ImportError: cannot import name 'my_function' from 'abc'

Question

I'm trying to load python script from computer to google colab but is show me importError

Answer 1

Change the file name abc.py for something else, like testo.py and it will work.

from google.colab import files

upload = files.upload()

check with !ls

testo.py

Try:

import testo

testo.myfunction()

hello world !

Explanation: abc is a built-in module and you should not use that name for your modules. Check this question for more info.

Answer 2

the abc module don't have my_function class/attribute/function/etc in the code this was example for reading the abc module go to python_home/Lib/abc.py and for reading the _abc module that written in C go to https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Modules/_abc.c in github

Answer 3

Actually, you import the built-in module abc which means Abstract Base Classes to create abstract classes so don't create the file with the name abc.py. *You can see all built-in modules in Python Module Index which you cannot use as file names.

So, you should change abc.py to other name such as greeting.py then, importing my_function from greeting.py works without error as shown below:

# "main.py"

     # ↓ Here
from greeting import my_function

my_function() # hello world

In addition, importing def.py below gets SyntaxError: invalid syntax error because def is a reserved word to define functions. *You can see all reserved words in 2.3.1 Keywords and don't use abcdef's abc and def as file names:

import def # Error