Is there a function to import external file to main file?

Question

import sys
import os


module_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..'))
if module_path not in sys.path:
    sys.path.append(module_path+"E:\\myfolder")

import myfile

Error:

[ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'myfile']

Adding to `sys.path` is the right approach. Maybe your path is wrong? — Guimoute, Jun 20 '20 at 16:36
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4383571/importing-files-from-different-folder similar issue. please find it in the above link. — Preetham, Jun 20 '20 at 16:39
try `import .myfile` when `.` markes that myfile is in current directory with `main.py` — Artyom Vancyan, Jun 20 '20 at 17:06

leminhnguyen · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-21T13:37:01.207

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I think you're wrong at the sys.path.append(module_path+"E:\\myfolder") statement. Because the module path is now the absolute path, You don't need E: prefix.

Try again with:

sys.path.append(module_path+"\\myfolder")

You can check your paths by print(sys.path). It will print all paths that it's looking for the module

edited Jun 21 '20 at 13:37

answered Jun 20 '20 at 16:43

leminhnguyen

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Hi and thank you for your help.I tried sys.path and put it in sys.append.append(). Do i put the mail file path or myfile path? I put the myfile path is this right ? – Ali Nassar Jun 20 '20 at 18:45
For info the two files are on anaconda jupyter platform. – Ali Nassar Jun 20 '20 at 18:48
@AliNassar No, You just need to put the folder path where contains your modules, in this case the folder containing `myfile` module. I guess you have `myfile.py` inside `myfolder`. I'm right ??? – leminhnguyen Jun 21 '20 at 02:14

Is there a function to import external file to main file?

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