Module won't get initialized

Question

I'm running a project in pycharm having the following structure:

main_folder/
    venv
    main.py
    second_folder/
        module1.py
        third_folder/
            __init__.py
            module2.py
            module3.py

I'm trying to import modules 2 & 3 from within module 1 as it follows:

#in third_folder/__init__.py
from module2 import *
from module3 import *

#in second_folder/module1.py
from third_folder import *

module2.function()

I've been trying to follow the answers to older questions (such as this) but it doesn't seem to apply in my case.

I'm getting the following:

from module2 import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'module2'

I'm sure the solution is pretty trivial, but I can't manage to figure it out.

Thanks in advance.

you have to give absolute path like from third_folder.module2 import * — Ashkan Goleh Pour, May 11 '22 at 13:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '22 at 13:39

You need a dot to indicate here package::

#in third_folder/__init__.py
from .module2 import *
from .module3 import *

again::

#in second_folder/module1.py
from .third_folder import *

Pycharm is a bit weird when dealing with PYTHONPATH, you will need to decide what is the root of your project and set it as SOURCE_ROOT which translates to PYTHONPATH, and you need to make sure your CURRENT WORK DIR in the RUN Config to be what you selected as SOURCE ROOT

Module won't get initialized

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