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guyd
guyd

Reputation: 733

Create a function in one file and access it from another file- Python

I created a function in one file, and want to access it while running it in another script in python ( for example- in MatLab, you create a function as a file, and can access it in other programs )

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9651

Answers (2)

nanithehaddock
nanithehaddock

Reputation: 257

It looks like you are in initial stage of learning python.

Basically in python, we have modules. what it is ?

Module In basic terminology, it is a python file which is a collection of functions or classes or both

Package This package is a collection of modules where it should have __init__.py in this so that python treats that this is a python package and provides the PYTHONPATH track for this if you set the PYTHONPATH to the root of the project

For your question, yes you can have function in one module and can be imported in another module. see the example below:

<code>
def test_one():
    print("This is test one function)"
</code>

Save this above function in testone.py and create module called testtwo.py and import the above function

<code>
import testone

def test_two():
    test_one()
    print("after test one")
</code>

output:

<code>
This is test one function
after test one
</code>

Python is very simple. try learning and see the power of dynamic typing.

Upvotes: 5

mke21
mke21

Reputation: 155

You don't really need the location of the module. It should be somewhere in the PYTHONPATH or in the same directory. You import it by the command import and then you can use it. I suggest you read up on modules and how the import works in python: python3 import

Upvotes: 1

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