importing

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Peter Posselt Vestergaard wrote:
> 
> Hi
> How do I import a library file which isn't placed in the same directory
> as the python-file and neither in a directory in my path???
> I've made my own library file called pythonlib.py and if I places it in
> the same directory as my program and writes 'import pythonlib' in the
> beginning of my programfile it works fine, but I can't figure out how to
> find it elsewhere.
> Furthermore: How do I access the functions in my library then I've
> included it from somewhere not in the same directory? Will it still be
> enough just to write pythonlib.function()???
> I've tried the solutions in the manual pages, but I can't make it work.

See the docs on the builtin __import__ function for details.

pythonlib = __import__('/my/python/code/pythonlib',globals(),locals())

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