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Sam
Sam

Reputation: 385

Is there a way to combine import and from import in one statement?

Is there a way to combine import and from import in one statement?

Can:

from random import choice
import random

be combined into one statement?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1488

Answers (2)

zondo
zondo

Reputation: 20336

I think MartijnPieters was a little hasty. It is true that it is weird, but here is one way:

random, choice = (lambda x: (x, x.choice))(__import__("random"))

You see, __import__("random") returns the random module object. We then pass that to a lambda function. That lambda function returns the module and the module's choice attribute as a tuple. We then assign random and choice to that tuple. I would never use this in regular code, but you can do it this way. I would do:

import random
choice = random.choice

Upvotes: 4

Martijn Pieters
Martijn Pieters

Reputation: 1122152

No, they can't.

See the import statement grammar:

import_stmt     ::=  "import" module ["as" name] ( "," module ["as" name] )*
                     | "from" relative_module "import" identifier ["as" name]
                     ( "," identifier ["as" name] )*
                     | "from" relative_module "import" "(" identifier ["as" name]
                     ( "," identifier ["as" name] )* [","] ")"
                     | "from" module "import" "*"

The import module and from relative_module import forms are two entirely separate forms in the grammar.

Upvotes: 7

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