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A very basic question that has been confusing me. Can't seem to find any solutions online so far...

I have a simple script and want to import another script I just made in the same directory.

What is the proper way of doing this?

I just tried combos of import myfile, from myfolder import myfile, import myfolder.myfile, etc

I get ImportError: No module named 'myfile'

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Answer 1

This is because your current directory isn't on the PYTHON_PATH, which is what import searches when you call it. See the documentation.

If you want an immediate fix, you can use the following:

import sys, os
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))

This adds the directory containing the script's file to the python path.

This will only work if the directory these scripts are in is set up as a package.