A module is a file containing Python definitions and statements.
A module is a file containing Python definitions and statements. The file name is the module name with the suffix .py appended.
Questions tagged [python-module]
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What does if __name__ == "__main__": do?
What does this do, and why should one include the if statement?
if __name__ == "__main__":
print("Hello, World!")
If you are trying to close a question where someone should be using this idiom and isn't, consider closing as a duplicate of Why…
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How can I import a module dynamically given the full path?
How do I load a Python module given its full path?
Note that the file can be anywhere in the filesystem where the user has access rights.
See also: How to import a module given its name as string?
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How do I import other Python files?
How do I import files in Python? I want to import:
a file (e.g. file.py)
a folder
a file dynamically at runtime, based on user input
one specific part of a file (e.g. a single function)
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TypeError: 'module' object is not callable
File "C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Mibot\oops\blinkserv.py", line 82, in __init__
self.serv = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM)
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable
Why am I getting this error?
I'm confused.
How can I solve this error?
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How can I do relative imports in Python?
Imagine this directory structure:
app/
__init__.py
sub1/
__init__.py
mod1.py
sub2/
__init__.py
mod2.py
I'm coding mod1, and I need to import something from mod2. How should I do it?
I tried from ..sub2 import mod2,…
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How do I find out my PYTHONPATH using Python?
How do I find out which directories are listed in my system’s PYTHONPATH variable, from within a Python script (or the interactive shell)?
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How can I Install a Python module within code?
I need to install a package from PyPI straight within my script.
Is there maybe some module or distutils (distribute, pip, etc.) feature which allows me to just execute something like pypi.install('requests') and requests will be installed into my…
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How to write a Python module/package?
I've been making Python scripts for simple tasks at work and never really bothered packaging them for others to use. Now I have been assigned to make a Python wrapper for a REST API. I have absolutely no idea on how to start and I need help.
What I…
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Unable to import a module that is definitely installed
After installing mechanize, I don't seem to be able to import it.
I have tried installing from pip, easy_install, and via python setup.py install from this repo: https://github.com/abielr/mechanize. All of this to no avail, as each time I enter my…
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ImportError: libSM.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
When trying to import OpenCV, using import cv2 I get the following error:
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cv2/__init__.py in ()
7
8 # make IDE's (PyCharm) autocompletion happy
----> 9 from .cv2 import *
10
11 #…
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Can modules have properties the same way that objects can?
With python properties, I can make it such that
obj.y
calls a function rather than just returning a value.
Is there a way to do this with modules? I have a case where I want
module.y
to call a function, rather than just returning the value…
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ImportError: cannot import name '...' from partially initialized module '...' (most likely due to a circular import)
I'm upgrading an application from Django 1.11.25 (Python 2.6) to Django 3.1.3 (Python 3.8.5) and, when I run manage.py makemigrations, I receive this messasge:
File "/home/eduardo/projdevs/upgrade-intra/corporate/models/section.py", line 9, in…
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Importing a library from (or near) a script with the same name raises "AttributeError: module has no attribute" or an ImportError or NameError
I have a script named requests.py that needs to use the third-party requests package. The script either can't import the package, or can't access its functionality.
Why isn't this working, and how do I fix it?
Trying a plain import and then using…
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What exactly is a "raw string regex" and how can you use it?
From the python documentation on regex, regarding the '\' character:
The solution is to use Python’s raw string notation for regular
expression patterns; backslashes are not handled in any special way in
a string literal prefixed with 'r'. So…
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How to make global imports from a function?
I fear that this is a messy way to approach the problem but...
let's say that I want to make some imports in Python based on some conditions.
For this reason I want to write a function:
def conditional_import_modules(test):
if test == 'foo':
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