Python load in from another python file

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I am wanting to loop through 5 questions from another .py file.

The extra file is file.py and has 5 questions -q1 = "what is...", q2 etc.. This adds a number to each time I use q but does not catch the question from the external python document:

from file import*
i = 0
for x in range(5):
    i = i+1
    question1 = str(input("q" + str(i)))

This is why numbered variable names are discouraged. Defining q = ["what is...", "where is...", "who is..."] would allow you to use q[0], q[1], q[2]. — unutbu
– unutbu, Commented Nov 16, 2017 at 10:36
Hi Skoobay, if my answer helped you, could you consider marking it as accepted? Thanks! — Imre_G
– Imre_G, Commented Nov 20, 2017 at 8:54

Imre_G · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-16 10:50:30Z

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The best way is to save the questions in file.py as a list as suggested in the comments. Then the contents of file.py would be:

q = ['who is...', 'What is...']

and the content of your program would be:

from file import q
for item in q:
    print(item)

If you want to do it your way, do it like this:

from file import *

for x in range(5):
    exec('question = q' + str(x+1))
    print(question)

However, this is not pythonic and not recommended.

edited Nov 16, 2017 at 10:50

answered Nov 16, 2017 at 10:35

Imre_G

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