Newbie - instanciating classes from other files

[Jorge Godoy]

comanighttrain at gmail.com writes:

> Hey guys, i just started learning python (i usually use java/C).
> 
> this has got me stumped as its not mentioned in the documentation
> (unless im skimming it every time).
> 
> How does one instanciate a class from another file
> 
> i thought it would be
> -----------------------------------code---------------------------
> import file.py
> 
> thisFile = ClassName()
> -------------------------------not code---------------------------

import file    # see that there's no ".py"
thisFile = file.ClassName()

or


from file import ClassName
thisFile = ClassName()


This is in the docs.

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Jorge Godoy      <godoy at ieee.org>