Error with importing a file upper in the directory #python3 #ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package

Asked Nov 10 '22 at 13:10

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Hi and hello(this is my first post here!). I'm having this problem:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/apzuba/Documents/Programowanie/FOLDER/Z/TES.py", line 5, in <module>
    from .. import ESE
ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package

This is my directory (a test environemnt):

/FOLDER

---ESE.py
---/Z

-----Z/TES.py

This is my code (TES.py):

from .. import ESE
print("gut")

I've tried all options that I could come up with, nothing works (each time there is this error, or

"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'FOLDER'" if I use "from FOLDER import ESE"
"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'FOLDER'" if I use "import FOLDER.ESE"
"ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package" if I use "from ..FOLDER import ESE" or "from .FOLDER import ESE"

I'm stuck with this for over an hour, please help! I will appreciate much!

edited Nov 10 '22 at 13:14

asked Nov 10 '22 at 13:10

Adam Zu

(1) How exactly are you running the code? (2) Do *FOLDER* and *Z* contain *\_\_init\_\_.py* files? – ekhumoro Nov 10 '22 at 13:35
I am running them through terminal type: python3 TES.py (i am in Z folder directory). They do not contain these files. – Adam Zu Nov 10 '22 at 14:07
So - try adding them. – ekhumoro Nov 10 '22 at 14:08
Added. Now the directory looks like /FOLDER ---___init__.py ---ESE.py ---/Z ---___init__.py -----Z/TES.py It didn't work still, nevertheless. – Adam Zu Nov 10 '22 at 14:25
In that case, see e.g. [Relative imports in Python 3](https://stackoverflow.com/q/16981921/984421). – ekhumoro Nov 10 '22 at 16:20

Error with importing a file upper in the directory #python3 #ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package

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