How to import Python files in the other directories?

[Ben Finney]

Muddy Coder <cosmo_general at yahoo.com> writes:

> If I have a python file foo.py in the current directory, I can
> simply import it in the way below:
> 
> import foo

Because the current directory, '.', is in the import search path.

> when a project keeps grow, more and more Python files are created,
> and they are also needed to put into different directories. Then, a
> problem comes: how to import the Python files residing in the other
> directories? Somebody helps me out? Thanks!

Modify the import search path, which is a list named ‘sys.path’
<URL:http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html#sys.path>, to have an
entry for each path you want to be searched when importing a module.

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Ben Finney