Import variables without displaying source code

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I am using Python 2.7 with Spyder

I am importing from a file (xxx.py) the value of some variables using a command like this:

from xxx import v1,v2,v3,v4

I can use the variables but Spyder shows me all the output from xxx.py (a series of print commands are run in the xxx.py file) prior to the output of the current program. Is there something that I can do to display only the output from the current file, running the code form xxx.py in "background"?

chepner · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-28 20:24:12Z

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If there is code that you don't want executed when a module is imported, it should be protected as such:

if __name__ == "__main__":
   # code to run only when module is executed
   # as a script, not when imported.

Modules intended to be imported should probably not be writing to standard output.

answered Apr 28, 2014 at 20:24

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tripleee Over a year ago

To be completely clear, this change needs to be made in xxx.py and is basically a bug in that file.

Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-28 20:22:21Z

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Code on the toplevel of a module is executed at the first time the module is imported; so you have to move this code into functions, if you don't want it, to be executed.

answered Apr 28, 2014 at 20:22

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