module –> .py file
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- import module_name
- from module_name import *
- module_name.__name__ #returns the module name
module can contain executable statments. They are executed only the first time the module is imported somewhere.
__name__ is “__main__” when the file is executed as main file. Thus statments after “if __name__ == “__main__:” are executed only when the file is main file.
Standard Modules
Python Libraray Reference.
sys module: sys.ps1, sys.path
__builtin__ module: just a name, already built-in
built-in function dir(): which names a module defines
Module Search Path
current directory( the main file directory)
PYTHONPATH(sys.path)
installation-dpendent default
Package:
must contain __init__.py file, it can define a list named __all__, containing all module names that should be imported when use “from package import *”
import p1.p2.module
from package import item, item can be a submodule or a function, calss or variable defined in the package