Python import from class in different file

Question

Here is my code in the main file:

from File2.Test import test

test()

And here is the code for the file containing the class:

class Test:
    def test(self):
        print('Test')

As you can see, I don't just want to import the class, I want to import something from the class. When I try the syntax above, I get this error: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'File2.Test'; 'File2' is not a package. If there is anyway to just import test() from File2, please let me know. Any help would be appreciated!

inspectorG4dget · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-26 14:15:05Z

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from File2.Test import test

Python interprets this as you asking for a function called test from a file called Test.py in a directory called File2 (which also happens to have an __init_.py), thinking that File2 is a package.

Rather, you are trying to import a class method from a different file. The preferred way of calling such a method is to import the class definition and the call the method fromt eh class:

from File2 import Test

test = Test.test

Now, you have a way of calling test. However, as long as test is not static, you'll run into issues in actually calling it

answered Aug 26, 2019 at 14:15

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