How to import modules from a different directory in python

Question

I have written a module and stored it in a location say x and then I am running a program from a different location y. Now, I want to import that module in x. How can I do that?

I have tried doing the following before importing but it didn't work for scripts -

os.chdir(x)

I want to utilise only the default modules available in Python 3.8.1.

Could you update your question to show the directory structure you are working with? — txk2048
– txk2048, Commented Apr 1, 2020 at 14:12
Does this answer your question? Importing files from different folder — Gareth Ma
– Gareth Ma, Commented Apr 1, 2020 at 14:13

Chandru · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-02 05:16:31Z

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Actually it is answered in the following link:

Importing files from different folder

I will try to summarise that: lets say your folder structure is like this

C:\Users\your_name\common_folder\ x , y the folders x and y lie in the common_folder and let's assume you have python files x1.py inside x folder and y1.py inside y folder. So inside our y1 python file we might be writing something like this x1

import sys 
path = r'C:\Users\your_name\common_folder\x'
sys.path.insert(1, path)
import x1

then you can use any attribute inside the x python file and run

Cheers

answered Apr 2, 2020 at 5:16

Chandru

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