In python, How to import a module by user input string of a module name [duplicate]

Question

I want to allow the user to import a module based on their string input argument.

i.e

$python myprogram.py --import_option xyz.py

In python I want something like this after parsing an argument.

arg = 'xyz.py'

import arg #assuming that the module name xyz.py exists.

g4ur4v · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-27 16:58:07Z

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>>> a='math'
>>> import importlib
>>> i=importlib.import_module(a)
>>> i.sqrt(4)
2.0

answered Sep 27, 2014 at 16:58

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