How do I import a variable from another module?

[sykora]

On May 4, 6:39 am, noagbodjivic... at gmail.com wrote:
> On May 3, 9:36 pm, Andy Terrel <andy.ter... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > are you sure your variable isn't in some code block that wouldn't be
> > read on import?  Such as:
>
> > if __name__ == "__main___":
> >      actions = 1
>
> No Andy, I have not put the variable in any code block

Does the variable show up in the dir listing of the module?

ie.

>>> import qt_actions
>>> dir(qt_actions)